Industry Liaison

*1 Intellectual property:

*In all systems, the organization to which the inventor belongs holds the rights.
(At Tokyo Tech, the inventor is required to complete a procedure to assign rights to Tokyo Tech. Click here
for details.)

*2 Collaborative researchers from private organizations, etc. (research venue) :

Subsequent handling of intellectual property is provided in the agreement, or discussed when required.
Corporate researchers are also able to conduct research at Tokyo Tech.
In such cases, their identification status within Tokyo Tech is " collaborative researcher from private organization, etc."

*3 Research fees:

The research fee for 1 collaborative researcher from a private organization, etc., or a commissioned researcher is 841,160 yen for more than 6 months and less than one year (FY2018), and 420,580 yen for less than 6 months. The time and period for receiving these two types of researchers can be arbitrarily determined with the consent of the faculty member receiving the researcher.

*4 Advice/guidance content:

Subsequent handling of intellectual property is provided in the agreement, or discussed when required. 　As part of the advice given in regard to challenges within the corporation, measurement with equipment belonging to faculty members (self-created equipment, etc., that doesn't exist elsewhere) done by them is included. This does not include acceptance of simple measurement requests and loaning of equipment.

*5 Guidance time:

Lectures by faculty members held for corporate researchers can also be made part of the academic guidance system.
Time spent by faculty members includes the time spent to prepare materials, make phone calls, and write e-mails, etc., required for provision of advice.
Time units are determined by discussions between Tokyo Tech and the corporation.

*1 Specially appointed faculty members:

Direct expenses received for Collaborative research are used to employ specially appointed faculty members.

*2 Positioning of lectures:

Lectures will be incorporated into the special study programs set for the schools established at Tokyo Tech.

*1 Application fee, etc.:

Includes examination fees, measures taken in case of rejection, patent fees, and other fees for maintaining patent rights.

*2 Self-implementation by the corporation:

Includes the parent company, subsidiary companies, and other affiliated companies.

*3 An amount equivalent to implementation fee:

What is called "non-implementation compensation."