Accelerated patent examination procedures spur Japanese university innovation.

Tessensohn, John A; Yamamoto, Shusaku · Nat Biotechnol · 2009

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.

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