Intellectual Property Creation and Establishment of a Management System

Japan aims to be a science and technology nation and the role required of universities that accumulate intellectual property is growing every year. From a social contribution perspective, in order to vitalize the economy and maintain Japan’s competitive edge, universities also have an important responsibility to create intellectual property and establish systems for its use.

On October 1, 2001, Sophia University established “Sophia University Regulations with regard to new intellectual property.” These regulations define what constitutes new intellectual property invented at the university, and when such an invention is made, it is screened by a committee to decide whether a patent application will be made in the name of the university. In cases where an application is made, the university takes responsibility for the management of the intellectual property.

Under Sophia University’s “Industry-Government-Academic (IGA) Collaboration Policy,” one of our goals is to channel our research results to the betterment of society. In line with that policy, we believe it is crucial to create a policy to ensure the smooth operation of the creation, protection, and use of intellectual property. The “Sophia University Intellectual Property Policy” is defined as follows.

  1. Creation of Intellectual Property
    1. We will promote the creation of intellectual property by taking positive measures to foster the development of human resources and the enrichment of the research environment.
    2. We will promote awareness activities to raise awareness about the importance of intellectual property.
    3. We will stimulate research activities through IGA collaborations, and commit to the creation of intellectual property.
  2. Protection of Intellectual Property
    1. We will evaluate, inherit, and acquire the rights to intellectual property originating from the inventions of corporate employees in the Sophia Corporation. By doing so, we will take measures to use intellectual property effectively in the industrial sector and protect the rights.
    2. We will handle rewards and license fees, etc. for inventors in order to foster an intellectual property creation cycle.
    3. We will manage inherited intellectual property and periodically reevaluate its value.
  3. Use of Intellectual Property
    1. In order to put intellectual property to its effective use in industry, we will take measures for the transfer of technology to industrial use.
    2. We will make intellectual property accessible to the public in order to contribute to society at large.
    3. We will make use of results from collaborative research, technology transfer, etc., by transforming them into resources to improve the research environment and increase research funds. This, in turn, will lead to the creation of new intellectual property.

Patent Application Overview (Submitted in Japan)

Some patent application information for the period up to March 31, 2022, has been listed in order of recentness of the patent application date (including joint applications).

Patent Application Date Unexamined Patent Application No. Name of Invention Representative Inventor
Feb. 10, 2022 2022-26490 Light emitting device and projector Katsumi Kishino (Professor by special appointment)
Feb. 10, 2022 2022-26489 Light emitting device and projector Katsumi Kishino (Professor by special appointment)
Jan. 18, 2022 2022-13222 Rail Yoshiaki Terumichi (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Engineering and Applied Sciences)
Jan. 17, 2022 2022-11525 Method and device for detecting endotoxins, purified water and injection solvent manufacturing equipment, and methods for manufacturing purified water and injection solvent Takashi Hayashita (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Materials and Life Sciences)
Jan. 17, 2022 2022-11467 Light emitting device, projector, and method for manufacturing light emitting devices Katsumi Kishino (Professor by special appointment)
Jan. 17, 2022 2022-11468 Light emitting device and projector Katsumi Kishino (Professor by special appointment)
Dec. 27, 2021 2021-195543 Vulcanization method and vulcanized rubber composite Satoshi Horikoshi (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Materials and Life Sciences)
Dec. 2, 2021 2021-184354 Method for manufacturing liquid-type lithium-ion secondary batteries and performance enhancing agent for liquid-type lithium-ion secondary batteries Masahiro Fujita (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Materials and Life Sciences)
Oct. 14, 2021 2021-165139 Vehicular operational control system Masafumi Miyatake (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Engineering and Applied Sciences)
Aug. 10, 2021 2021-116037 Brake control device for rolling stock Shoichiro Takehara (Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Engineering and Applied Sciences)

Exclusive Patent Overview

Some patents owned exclusively by Sophia University have been listed in order of recentness of the patent filing date (March 2012 – March 2022).

Patent Filing Date Registration Number (Japan)/Other Registered Countries Patent Name Representative Inventor
Apr. 27, 2018 7020679 Method for producing isotope-labeled compound Toyonobu Usuki (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Materials and Life Sciences)
Dec. 19, 2017 7020669 Process for producing desmosine, isodesmosine, and derivatives thereof Toyonobu Usuki (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Materials and Life Sciences)
Nov. 13, 2017 10280143 Process for preparing deuterated desmosine and derivatives thereof Toyonobu Usuki (Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Materials and Life Sciences)
Aug. 22, 2017 6981644 Extraction method of terpenes Toyonobu Usuki (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Materials and Life Sciences)
Feb. 9, 2017 6895678 Synthesis of ionic liquid-type two dimensional supramolecules and their evaluation as solid electrolytes Masahiro Fujita (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Materials and Life Sciences)
Dec. 26, 2016 6801870 Production method of cellulose gel, and cellulose gel Masahiro Fujita (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Materials and Life Sciences)
Aug. 17, 2016 6804017 Sports hitting tool judgment system and sports hitting tool judgment method Shoichiro Takehara (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Engineering and Applied Sciences)
Jul. 26, 2016 6210581/US, Europe (Germany, Netherlands) Plant cultivation method Satoshi Horikoshi (Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Materials and Life Sciences)
Jun. 16, 2016 6744623 Artificial bone material Yuko Takeoka (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Materials and Life Sciences)
Jun. 16, 2016 6744622 Method for producing piperidine compound Toyonobu Usuki (Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Materials and Life Sciences)
May 9, 2016 6664811 ΔΣ modulator Takao Waho (Visiting professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Information and Communication Studies)
Apr. 15, 2016 6868261 Moving device and moving method using tether Shoichiro Takehara (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Engineering and Applied Sciences)
Mar. 28, 2016 6748387 microwave Satoshi Horikoshi (Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Materials and Life Sciences)
Mar. 25, 2016 6860132 DNA-metal hybrid nanowires and their manufacturing methods Jiro Kondo (Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Materials and Life Sciences)
Jan. 7, 2016 6566441 Phase shifter Hitoshi Hayashi (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Information and Communication Studies)
Sep. 10, 2015 6562351 Polymer production process and use of nitrosylruthenium complexes Hirotaka Nagao (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Materials and Life Sciences)
Jul. 2, 2015 6524486 Power distribution and synthesis circuit Hitoshi Hayashi (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Information and Communication Studies)
Jun. 8, 2015 6551881 Hydrogen generation system Satoshi Horikoshi (Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Materials and Life Sciences)
May 22, 2015 6472080 Pesticide residue removal equipment for leaf vegetables Satoshi Horikoshi (Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Materials and Life Sciences)
Apr. 1, 2015 6452244 Microwave excitation electrodeless lamp and aqueous solution treatment system using the same Satoshi Horikoshi (Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Materials and Life Sciences)
Jan. 22, 2015 6521509 Vocal tract model Takayuki Arai (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Information and Communication Studies)
Dec. 3, 2014 6486669 Microwave heating method and microwave heating apparatus Satoshi Horikoshi (Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Materials and Life Sciences)
Aug. 21, 2014 /Europe (Germany, UK, France) REPELLANT FOR REPELLING ROOT-KNOT NEMATODES, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME AND REPELLING METHOD USING REPELLANT Tamao Saito (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Materials and Life Sciences)
Aug. 14, 2014 6408297 Beam forming method, measurement imaging apparatus, and communication apparatus Chikayoshi Sumi (Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Information and Communication Studies)
Jun. 3, 2014 6359878 Power amplifier Hitoshi Hayashi (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Information and Communication Studies)
Apr. 25, 2014 6466081 3,5-dicaffeoylquinic acid extraction method and 3,5-dicaffeoylquinic acid production method Toyonobu Usuki (Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Materials and Life Sciences)
Mar. 18, 2014 6233929 Compound, standard substance for quantitative analysis using the same, and method for quantifying desmosines Toyonobu Usuki (Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Materials and Life Sciences)
Mar. 11, 2014 6349112 Sound masking apparatus, method and program Takayuki Arai (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Information and Communication Studies)
Feb. 24, 2014 6358728 Nucleic acid detection agent and nucleic acid detection method Yuko Takeoka (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Materials and Life Sciences)
Jan. 24, 2014 6233934 /China, Europe (Germany, UK), US Process for producing desmosine, isodesmosine, and derivatives thereof Toyonobu Usuki (Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Materials and Life Sciences)
Jan. 15, 2014 6249401 Communication apparatus and communication system Hitoshi Hayashi (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Information and Communication Studies)
Dec. 20, 2013 6364190 Vocal tract model Takayuki Arai (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Information and Communication Studies)
Nov. 14, 2013 6278507 Polymer electrolyte for fuel cell, catalyst electrode for fuel cell and fuel cell using the same Masahiro Rikukawa (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Materials and Life Sciences)
Sep. 17, 2013 6252933 Structure and method for collecting and detecting bacteria using the same Takashi Hayashita (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Materials and Life Sciences)
Mar. 16, 2012 5967416 Electronic device, program, and route search method Tad Gonsalves (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Information and Communication Studies)
Mar. 13, 2012 5728417 Fuel cell electrolyte, fuel cell using the same, and method for producing fuel cell electrolyte Masahiro Rikukawa (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Materials and Life Sciences)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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