摘要：专利制度已成为建设创新型国家的重要制度保证，其推动科技进步的作用在实践中已得到充分体现，但二者之间相互依存关系的密切程度还没有定量研究。本文选择专利授权率、发明专利授权量、专利有效累计量等10个专利表征指标，基于面板数据，采用灰色关联分析法定量研究了这些指标与科技进步的关联性。结果表明专利与科技进步有着很大的关联性，并且专利制度的不同运用方式对科技进步的贡献度明显不同，表现为不同的专利指标和科技进步的关联性不一样，其中专利授权率与科技进步关联度最大，而专利授权量、PCT申请量与科技进步的关联度相对较小。  

  Abstract: The patent system has becomes an important system for constructing an innovative country. It plays a positive role in promoting scientific and technological progress. However, there is no quantitative research on the interdependent relationship between patent and scientific and technological progress. Ten indicators, including rate of patents granted, number of invention patents granted, patent effective accumulation, etc are selected. By using the method of gray correlation analysis, the relevance of these patent indicators to the scientific and technological progress is quantitatively studied based on panel data. It is concluded that there is a close relationship between patent and scientific and technological progress. It also reveals that different modes of operating patent system have different impact on scientific and technological progress. The relevance of patent to the scientific and technological progress varies with different patent indicators. The conclusion that rate of patents granted has the greatest influence on scientific and technological progress, meanwhile the influence of number of invention patents granted and PCT applications on scientific and technological progress is relatively small is drawn.