TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IN INDONESIAN STATE UNIVERSITIES: DO IPRS PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE?

Abstract

The activity of knowledge and technology transfer from the academic side into businesses or the industrial sectorthrough various schemes, so-called university technology transfer or academic technology transfer, involvesa complex process of developing research ideas into the utilization of research. Historically, university technology transfer was triggered by amendment of the U.S. Patent Law, named the Bayh-Dole Act. Shortly after the amendment, technology transfer activity at U.S. universities escalated, particularly in patent and license activities. The movement of transfer technology was closed related toa research activity of the university and university patent in general. Through empirical study, this paper identifies technology transfer activities specifically on herbal pharmaceutical products at two Indonesian state universities, i.e. InstitutPertanian Bogor and Universitas Indonesia. The identification of technology transfer activity in both universities aims to study whether IPRs play a significant role in technology transfer activity.