Takafumi (TAKA) YAMAMOTO, RTTP
CEO&President
Todai TLO Ltd.
Website: https://todaitlo.com/
TLO for the Univ. of Tokyo
Lessons learned in IP & Technology Transfer
WIPO Presidents’ Summit
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First of all, I would like to say
• There is no best practice for technology transfer.
• If you know it, please let me know.
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Niels Reimers : Father of Technology Licensing
In 1968 he established a research management office at Stanford University.
In 1969 he also established Office of Technology Licensing (OTL) at Stanford Univ.
The successful launching of these two offices led to his hiring by universities such
as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the University of California at
Berkeley, and the University of California at San Francisco, all of which were
seeking to establish their own offices for technology transfers.
A cofounder of the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM),
Mr. Reimers has served as chairman of the Licensing Executive Society (U.S. and
Canada).
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Start-ups
19.7%
SMEs
50.2%
Big Comapanies
30.0%
Start-ups
2.8%
SMEs
49.7%
Big companies
47.5%
University-industry collaborations SME in the US & Japan
Two thirds of technologies in US universities are licensed to small- and
medium-sized companies and startups, on the other hand, few of those
are licensed to startups companies in Japan.
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Relationship between the amount of revenue derived from patent rights and the number of patent applications.
Amount of revenue per patent application. Except university A , B, and C most universities produce
less value than average universities.
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B
CD
EF
GHI
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Number of patent applications
y = 772.44x - 250109More than 200 applications filed / year
Overall Average
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University
Creating technology through collaborative research
License to existing company
Cooperation with SME
Establish Startup company
Collaboration with overseas companies
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Goals of university – industry collaboration is differentfrom country to country.
• Acquisition of research expenses.
• Creation of employment.
• Realization of innovation.
• Improve research power.
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Most important thing is follows,
Filling patent applications and licenses are not Goal. Technology's commercialization is Goal.
It is important to draw a scenario for technology commercialization.
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What kind of future do you want to draw?
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