Accelerated patent examination procedures spur Japanese university innovation.
editorial · Level V
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Abstract
Two recent events--the issuance of the world's first patent for induced pluripotent stem cells and, under a pilot system, the issuance of the fastest patent ever granted--signal a watershed in Japanese academia's transition from gown to town.
Medical subject headings
- Biotechnology
- Biotechnology/legislation & jurisprudence
- Humans
- Japan
- Licensure
- Patents as Topic
- Patents as Topic/legislation & jurisprudence
- Pluripotent Stem Cells
- Universities