Present status of AIST's TLO

Accession number;04A0086698
Title;Present status of AIST's TLO
Author; ISHIMARU KIMIO (Sansoken'inobeshonzu)
Journal Title;Fragr J
Journal Code:G0987B
ISSN:0288-9803
VOL.32;NO.1;PAGE.32,33-38(2004)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.3, TBL.5
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;Japanese
Abstract;There are 41 TLOs in Japan. 36 TLOs belong to the Universities. 5 TLOs belong to the National Institutes. AIST is one of the largest National Institutes in Japan. The numbers of staffs are 5,400 and the annual budget is 90 billion Yen. AIST has about 10,000 patents and established TLO (named AIST Innovations) in April, 2001. And the budget of R&D for technology transfer is about 2 billion Yen. AIST Innovations has 20 staffs. 3 are licensing staffs, 13 are for marketing and 4 are for administration. (author abst.)