Abstract: The factors influencing the motivation of patent application of researchers in Capital Medical University were investigated by a questionnaire. Corresponding countermeasures had been put forward the to improve the patent quality of Capital Medical University based on the documents recently released by National Intellectual Property Administration, PRC. The survey found that researchers understanding of patent knowledge, costs of patent application and maintenance, difficulty of patent transformation were major factors influencing patent application. The paper put forward some countermeasures, such as optimizing the policy of patent subsidy and reward, tracking the output of major projects, evaluating before patent application, and protecting pharmaceutical patents by patent combination.

Key words: patent quality, patent application,  motivation , of patent application, patent of medical university, countermeasures of patent management