Kyoto University to seek 5-year extension of iPS cell patent

Biotechnology

Japan’s top school for patent revenue aims to cash in on Nobel-winning breakthrough

Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells can be grown into tissue for regenerative treatments. (Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka)

YASUKI OKAMOTO and JUNYA IWAI

OSAKA/TOKYO — Kyoto University will apply to extend a patent on stem cell technology for five years in an effort to maintain research funding 20 years after a Japanese advance in the field raised hopes for new regenerative treatments, Nikkei has learned.