Abstract: Optical chips are the infrastructure and core support of the new generation of information industry in the future. This paper focused on the field of optical chips, using the method of "direction - positioning - path", clarified the foundation and conditions for the development of optical chips through the analysis of industrial environment, industrial status, patent situation and layout. The paper grasped the forward-looking layout of future technology and industrialization based on research and expert consultation, and identified the future development direction. On this basis, the paper analyzed the opportunities, risks and challenges in the development of optical chips in China, and put forward corresponding suggestions for intellectual property development: (1) Echelon layout planning for future industrial development, in the hot fields such as high-speed optical chips, automotive lidar chip, silicon optoelectronic chip and VCSEL laser chip, we need strengthen and complement chain, break through key technologies. In the prospective application fields such as optical computing, optical quantum, we need actively guide industrial layout. (2) Build an intellectual property service platform of optical chips industry which cover the whole cycle of the innovation chain. (3) Strengthen the overseas patent layout in the field of optical chips. (4) Guide optical chips innovation entities to build multidimensional intellectual property protection strategies.

Key words: Optical Chips, Industry Status, Patent Trend, Technology Trend, Patent Layout