## A transmission system of industry-academia-government collaborative information - TPAS-Net -

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Keyword: The latest condition of patent application, Research seeds, Business needs, Automatic transmission of ID information, Service for research grant matching, Simple and easy search system, Patent search system providing detailed information

## Organizations Involved

O Hiromu Satake, Professor, Deputy director-general, Intellectual property office, The University of Tokushima

O Mr. Isao Kinjo, CEO, Green Net Co., Ltd. (Minato ward, Tokyo)

Prof. Satake

Mr. Kinjo

## 【Abstract】

Because “TPAS-Net” combines the patent reference technology which Green Net Co., Ltd. possesses with the skill of the industry-academia collaboration coordination which University of Tokushima Intellectual property office accumulated, this network realizes the function to collect patent information, academic research seeds, business needs, researcher information and other information to look them up as for crossing, the independent automatic transmission function of the latest intellectual property information that it was picked out automatically, the matching function to support coordinator's activities, and other functions. Then, the connection infrastructure that each university shared the above function is formed in virtual. This network realizes the society contribution of the university.

## 【Summary of the technology transfer】

## Technological Impact

• With a requested key word, the crossing reference of about 7,500,000 patent information and about 100,000 intellectual property and ID information of research seeds and business needs of researchers and enterprises in Japan

• The automatic transmission by one time every week of the latest information which the network matched in the key word which a user registered

• The offer of the industry-academia collaboration matching service that it is possible that users touch each other from the liaison information

• The screen composition which the screen transition is rare and which can be operated on the same screen

• Reference formula preparation support function for the user who is inexperienced in the intellectual property information

## ● Social Impact

Because each university shares the above intellectual information and it, as the information subject, sends information to each local enterprise, and suitable and efficient information service could be provided for many small and medium-sized enterprises that are inexperienced in the acquisition of the useful intellectual property information. And, it increases to increase an opportunity for the intellectual information use and helps to promote the small and medium-sized enterprises. On the other hand, an academic researcher could get the hint of planning the goal of a research project because the researcher could necessarily sense the change of the research field of the industry sector. And, efficient business-academia collaboration matching becomes possible because a industry-academia-government coordinator realizes contact between the users steadily on the homepage. It is expected that the method of the effective coordination which their experience was used for contributes to the social economical development.

Furthermore, a industry-academia collaboration infrastructure including foreign universities could be formed in virtual, and it would help to promote the international industry-academia collaboration.

## Project Background

Academic dialect would not enable business needs to match academic research seeds. This university researched on the solution with a patent information transmission dealer together. It could confirm that it was effective to unite with both business and academic technical information and the patent information as the solution.

## Funding History

This takes the patenting support service of JST. This also takes the other supports as follows; 1. FY2003-06: “University intellectual property headquarters development projects, MEXT” 2. FY2005-06: “Program for the formulation of an assistance network for wide-ranging new business activities, METI”

## I ntellectual property protection

Patent acquisition: Japan Patent Office is 1. "How to support intellectual property creation by a connection type patent and knowledge management system" (business method patent), JPN PAT No. 3781375.

PCT/JP2005/009488 (10 countries).

## TPAS-Net Homepage

3. 全球最大工业港汤顿格斯敦港 - Microsoft Internet Explorer

The screen composition which a screen transition is rare in from the reference to indication of information.

## Turning point in the Project

Several thousand companies in Tokyo and 13 universities participate in the system, and increase in user is necessary.

○Increase in the business-academia collaboration coordinator of every field of universities is necessary. (For example, use for a JST satellite coordinator and a NEDO fellow.)

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