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一 |     “3000万元！第一笔款项到账了。”8月14日上午，邢台市任泽区市场监督管理局知识产权保护股股长李为客一到立德尔炊具公司，公司财务总监崔英群便和他分享了好消息。    ISLAMABAD -- The United Nations' World Food Program on Wednesday appealed for $19 million to provide emergency assistance to tens of thousands of people affected by a series of devastating earthquakes and aftershocks that has rocked western Afghanistan.Ana Maria Salhuana, deputy country director of the World Food Program in Afghanistan, said it was helping survivors but it urgently needed more funding because “we are having to take this food from an already severely underfunded program.”The group said it is working to provide emergency food assistance to 100,000 people in the region.“Disasters like these earthquakes pound communities who are already barely able to feed themselves back into utter destitution," the WFP said.A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck part of western Afghanistan on Sunday, after thousands of people died and entire villages were flattened by major quakes a week earlier. It was the fourth quake the U.S. Geological Survey has measured at 6.3 magnitude in the same area in just over a week.The initial earthquakes on Oct. 7 flattened whole villages in Herat province and were among the most destructive quakes in the country’s recent history.The WFP said staffers responded within hours of the first earthquakes, distributing fortified biscuits, pulses and other food items to affected families in destroyed villages.“An estimated 25,000 buildings have been destroyed," the group said a statement. “The survivors are currently sleeping in tents next to the rubble of their homes, desperate and afraid of further earthquakes and aftershocks.”The latest quake was centered about 30 kilometers (19 miles) outside the city of Herat, the capital of Herat province, and was 6 kilometers (4 miles) below the surface, the U.S. Geological Survey said. More than 90% of the people killed were women and children, U.N. officials said. The quakes struck during the daytime, when many of the men in the region were working outdoors.Taliban officials said the earlier quakes killed more than 2,000 people across the province. The epicenter was in Zenda Jan district, where the majority of casualties and damage occurred.The WFP said affected families will need help for months with winter just weeks away. It said that if there is funding, the emergency response will be complemented by longer-term resilience programs so vulnerable communities are able to rebuild their livelihoods.The UN body was forced earlier this year to reduce the amount of food families receive and to cut 10 million people in Afghanistan from life-saving food assistance due to a massive funding shortfall. In addition to the earthquake response, the WFP also urgently needs $400 million to prepare food before winter, when communities are cut off due to snow and landslides. In Afghanistan, these include communities of women who are being increasingly pushed out of public life.The initial quake, numerous aftershocks and a third 6.3-magnitude quake on Wednesday flattened villages, destroying hundreds of mud-brick homes that could not withstand such force. Schools, health clinics and other village facilities also collapsed.Besides rubble and funerals after that devastation, there was little left of the villages in the region’s dusty hills. Survivors are struggling to come to terms with the loss of multiple family members and in many places, living residents are outnumbered by volunteers who came to search the debris and dig mass graves.Earthquakes are common in Afghanistan, where there are a number of fault lines and frequent movement among three nearby tectonic plates.。李为客的另一个身份，是任泽区知识产权融资联络员。立德尔炊具是他包联对接的企业之一。立德尔炊具是一家集搪瓷炊具研发、制造、销售于一体的高新技术企业，今年计划新上一条智能化生产线，新的研发项目又进入攻关期，资金十分紧张。

二 | 就在企业一筹莫展之际，李为客主动上门，帮助企业打破了融资瓶颈。在立德尔炊具的展厅，发明专利证书、实用新型专利证书、商标注册证等几乎铺满整面展墙。“这些证书，就是这次贷款落地的关键家底。”李为客说。为破解立德尔炊具的融资难题，李为客特邀中国银行邢台分行客户经理实地调研，共同研究企业融资方案。

三 | 银行方面测算发现，单一专利质押额度有限，难以满足企业需求。“能否采用‘专利+商标’组合质押的方式，提升融资额度？”李为客建议。然而，该模式在邢台尚无先例，评估定价怎么算，处置变现怎么办，银行和企业都没底儿。“需要找一家专业评估机构给企业的知识产权做一份权威的‘身价评估’，这件事才能往下推。”关键时刻，李为客向邢台市市场监督管理局求援。“我们联系了有经验的第三方知识产权评估机构，为企业的专利和商标展开系统评估。”邢台市市场监督管理局知识产权服务促进科负责人齐佳说，立德尔炊具最终以6个商标和18项专利作为组合质押物，成功获得6000万元融资额度。

四 | 在立德尔炊具研发中心，10余名技术人员正在全力攻坚莫奈花园系列炊具研发项目。“有了资金保障，预计下月底就能完成中试。

五 | ”崔英群信心满满地说。“知识产权融资联络员扮演‘红娘’的角色，帮着企业摸清知识产权家底，对接需求，量身定制融资方案。”齐佳说，去年以来，邢台市市场监督管理局在全市遴选21名知识产权融资联络员，分片包干，动态跟踪企业融资需求，提供“一企一策”全流程精准辅导。今年以来，邢台市实现知识产权质押融资12.3亿元，同比增长36%；全市有效发明专利总量达3763件，同比增长13.62%，形成融资与创新互促共进的局面。（日报记者 吕若汐）。

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