Basic research funded by public science is the source of technological innovation. Based on the linear model of fund assistance-basic research-technology R&D, this research adopts the method of scientometrics to measure the technological influence of the basic research funded by the National Natural Science Fund Committee(NSFC). NSFC funded projects represent the foundation, scientific papers represent basic research, patent literature represents technology research and development. Based on the data of highly cited papers funded by NSFC in the past ten years, this paper analyzes the situation of patents cited by highly cited papers from the perspectives of time, discipline and research direction, country and institution. The results show that under the support of the National Natural Science Foundation, not only a large number of high-impact papers have been produced in China, but also these papers have a high technical impact, which has an impact on the two fields of science and technology. The National Natural Science Foundation plays an important role in promoting our technological innovation.

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