The National Institute of Science and Technology Policy comprehensively searches patents filed through various channels (companies, TLOs, etc.) based on the inventions of researchers at national universities in order to understand aspects of contribution to industry. The results were announced.
In this analysis, patent applications based on the inventions of researchers * of all 20 national university corporations over 1993 years before and after the incorporation of national universities (2013-1995, but the analysis target year is 2012-86) were extracted. Then, create a database of necessary information.The database was constructed by verifying that "the patent application includes researchers from national universities as the inventor" using the applicant information and patent journal information in general, considering the variety of patent application forms. There is.
When we analyzed the status of patent applications invented by researchers at each national university corporation using this database, the following situations were mainly clarified in this research study.
The number of patent applications issued by national universities from 1995 to 2012 was 56,668. The number of researchers at national universities who have applied for patents for inventions from 1995 to 2012 was 38,626 (actual number of researchers).
Until now, it was known that the number of patent applications for national university corporations increased sharply after the incorporation of national universities (before 2004), but patent applications based on the inventions of researchers at national universities have also been incorporated. There has been a gradual increase from before.
Of the patent applications based on the inventions of researchers at national universities, the percentage of foreign applications filed increased from the mid-1990% range in the latter half of the 20s to over 2010% after 40.
The valuation rate of patents filed based on the inventions of researchers at national universities and for which examination requests were filed was 2000-50% in the early 60s, but has continued to rise since then, and since 2010. , 80%, which is higher than the average assessment rate of Japanese patent applications (2012% in 65).
Details of the survey method, results, etc. can be confirmed on the website of the National Institute of Science and Technology Policy.
* In addition to university faculty members such as professors, associate professors, assistant professors, assistant professors, and lecturers, part-time faculty members such as visiting professors and specially appointed professors, undergraduate and graduate students, international students, contract staff such as special researchers, and faculty members such as technical staff. Etc.
