Abstract:As important base for knowledge innovation and talent cultivation, universities play an irreplaceable role in the process of creating high-value patents and transforming patents into new quality productivity. Universities have rich scientific research resources and advanced research facilities, and are able to conduct cutting-edge scientific research and technological development, which can often produce new technological breakthroughs and innovative results. However, it can be seen from the research and development model of universities that Chinese universities are engaged in more basic research, and often underestimate the market potential and application prospects of research results, which leads to the overall low market competitiveness and economic value of patents in Chinese universities. Universities should respond to call of the national strategy to build a strong intellectual property nation, and internally drive the creation and cultivation of more high-quality patents. In order to better understand the current situation of Chinese universities in terms of patent quality, the article first analyzes the patents of Chinese universities in the past 20 years from four dimensions: high-value invention patents, patent operation, industry-university-research patents, and international patent protection. It is found that Chinese universities are at a low level in terms of high-value invention patent creation, patent transformation and application, industry-university-research cooperation, and international patent protection. This indicates that the overall patent quality of Chinese universities is still not high in terms of creation, application, and protection, and universities have a long way to go to improve patent quality. The article further analyzes the difficulties faced by Chinese universities in improving patent quality, and summarizes the problems and shortcomings of Chinese universities in the creation of high-value patents and the transformation of patents. Finally, based on the analysis of problems, the article proposes measures for universities to improve patent quality. The wrong orientation of university patents “focusing on papers but not patents” and “focusing on quantity but not quality” could by transformed by improving the patent management system and using patent transformation as an important indicator of scientific and technological innovation evaluation system. The problem of "not daring to transfer" in scientific research management departments could be solved by strengthening organizational construction and exploring the reform of the ownership of job-related scientific and technological achievements. The problem of "unwillingness to transform" among scientific researchers and transformation operators could be solved by clarifying patent rights and incentive mechanisms, as well as rewarding teams and individuals who transform patents into actual commercial uses. The dilemma of "unable to transform" scientific and technological achievements of universities could be solved by cultivating patents that are closely integrated with the market through industry-university-research cooperation, developing patent intelligence services embedded in the entire scientific research process, and establishing a pre-patent application evaluation plan to improve patent quality from the source.