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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.
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