Intellectual Property

The Intellectual Properties Administration Office at NIHU maintains and manages intellectual properties including the holdings of libraries and museums, books and other publications resulting from institute research, and databases and other materials in the possession of the six institutes. It also works to build and improve systems for making these intellectual assets available and useful to society. The office holds seminars as a means of cultivating better understanding of intellectual property issues.

In December 2009, the portable temperature and humidity control system for museum showcases invented by the staff of the National Museum of Ethnology was
patented.

NIHU is a member of the Liaison Committee of Intellectual Property Sections at Inter-University Research Institutes, along with the National Institutes of Natural Sciences, the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, and the Research Organization of Information and Systems.