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- Title
Accelerated patent examination procedures spur Japanese university innovation.
- Authors
Tessensohn, John A.; Yamamoto, Shusaku
- Abstract
The article discusses developments that facilitate the granting of approvals for biotechnology patents in Japan. To ensure the country's international competitiveness, the Japanese government considered it critical to develop a regulatory environment that allows accelerated acquisition of patent rights. The accelerated acquisition of the world's first patent for induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) by Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University is perceived as the most significant biotechnology event in the country in 2008.
- Subjects
JAPAN; BIOTECHNOLOGY patents; STEM cells; YAMANAKA, Shinya, 1962-; KYOTO Daigaku; BIOTECHNOLOGY; PATENTS
- Publication
Nature Biotechnology, 2009, Vol 27, Issue 9, p815
- ISSN
1087-0156
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nbt0909-815