Abstract:Based on the theory of Strategic Niche Management (SNM), the focus of patent operation is shifted forward, and the optimization path of patent operation mechanism is guided from three stages: Technology-niche, Market-niche and Paradigm-niche, and the whole-process patent operation management model is constructed according to five key elements: technology selection, experiment selection, experiment establishment, experiment expansion and protection withdrawal. This study elaborates the appropriateness of introducing SNM theory into patent operation research, and proposes that SNM provides the protection function of an experimental hotbed for patent operation, providing shelter, cultivation and empowerment for patent operation respectively. The innovation points of this study are the formulation of the whole process model and implementation steps of patent operation based on strategic niche management, which provides a new perspective and method for overcoming Valley of Death.