title: Accelerated patent examination procedures spur Japanese university innovation.
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.
authors.affiliation: Shusaku Yamamoto, Osaka, Japan. jtessensohn@shupat.gr.jp
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Tessensohn
authors.forename: Shusaku
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D001709:Biotechnology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008004:Licensure; D010330:Patents as Topic / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D039904:Pluripotent Stem Cells; D014495:Universities