Abstract:A series of documents were intensively released recently by the government, to promote the and to guide the solution of the scattered, closed and inefficient allocation of research resources. In this paper, the patent research work in the universities of Nanjing, Jiangsu province is used as the study cases, and an approach of "level characterization and problem presentation is provided for analyzing the in the patent research and development in universities in the past 30 years. Therefore, the existence of Concept of Rouge" in college patent research and development could be shown, and the problems in and their improvement strategies could be discussed. This work could facilitate the transformation of patent research and development in universities from the