以明茨伯格组织结构理论为分析框架，研究4所案例高校专利导航运行要素和机理。研究发现：案例高校的专利导航均以战略高层为当前主要驱动力，基于现行的知识产权管理系统，在技术结构主导和支持结构的配合支持下，通过中间线为运营核心服务。同时，案例高校在战略高层上呈现异质性，表现在知识产权领导小组选择不同的组成部门负责人加入，如审计处、研究生院、校长办公室等部门负责人，体现了知识产权管理决策的不同倾向。案例高校知识产权管理运营在技术结构上具有异质性，可被归纳为运营导向型、管理运营协同型和管理运营一体化三种类型。为探索适应各高校自身发展的专利导航之路，高校管理者应加大对专利导航的重视程度，设置专利导航项目统筹人，以确保矩阵制结构中数量众多的管理者的平衡；科研工作者应打破固有认知，全面深刻理解专利导航，将专利导航有效融入科学研究。

Taking Mintzberg’s organizational structure theory as analysis framework， this paper examines the structural elements and operating mechanisms of patent navigation for universities in four case universities. The study found that the patent navigation of all the case universities was currently driven by the strategic high-level management and provided the operation core service through the middle line based on the existing intellectual property management system with the cooperation and support of the technical structure and supporting structure. Additionally， the case universities presented heterogeneity in the strategic high-level management， in specific， the intellectual property leadership team of different universities selected different department heads to join in， such as the head of the audit department， the graduate school， and the president’s office， which reflected different tendencies in intellectual property management decisions. The intellectual property management operations of the case universities were heterogeneous in terms of technical structure， which can be summarized into three types： operation-oriented， management-operation collaborative， and management-operation integrated. The paper suggests that in order to explore a path for patent navigation that adapts to the development of each university， university administrators should increase their emphasis on patent navigation and designate a project coordinator dedicated to coordinate patent navigation projects to ensure the balance among numerous administrators in the matrix structure； meanwhile， scientific researchers should change their inherent cognition， fully and deeply understand patent navigation， and effectively integrate it into scientific research.