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A few figures on INRA economic partnerships


INRA exploits its research results with commercial companies. This may give rise to research collaborations, licensing or support for company creation.

 
 

INRA PATENTS

  • 21 patents registered in 2007, including 10 with joint ownership.

INRA Research Contracts with private-sector partners:

  • + 205 research contracts signed in 2007 with commercial enterprises, as opposed to only about 100 per year, 15 years ago.


VARIETIES: the AGRI OBTENTIONS portfolio

  • a portfolio of more than 500 varieties covering ten different groups of species (field crops, forage crops, vegetables, flowers, vines, etc.).


LICENSES: the INRA-Transfert license portfolio

  • 352 licensing contracts on patents, know-how, software, databases and brands.
  • 32 new contracts signed in 2007, including 17 patent licensing agreements and licensing options, 8 licenses on know-how and 7 licenses for software or databases.

COMPANY CREATIONS

  • 2 start-ups based on INRA research results were founded in 2007 and received support from INRA Transfert.

 
 
 

Written by :  Office for Industrial Relations
Label for the news :  Topic
Date for the news :  2011.03.08
Date of creation : 09/12/2005
Date of last update : 24/04/2008

 

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