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Technology Transfer Office (TTO)Support for Knowledge InformationMANAGER Heungchae Jung CONTACT T+82-42-860-4740 F+82-42-860-4749 E-MAIL hcjung@kribb.re.kr MANAGER Sang-Jun Kim CONTACT T+82-42-860-4765 F+82-42-860-4768 E-MAIL sjkim@kribb.re.krBridging the Gap between the Bioscience Innovation and the Real World ApplicationsThe business development based on the technologies of KRIBB has been doing by the Department of Intellectual Property Managementwhich is playing a role as a technology transfer office(TTO). The idea or know-how as well as the technologies developed from the R&Dcenters are detected by the Technology Evaluation Committee of KRIBB run by the TTO of KRIBB, and their market and business values forcreating new bioindustry are also assessed. The selected technologies are actively licensed out to market leaders including domestic andglobal companies. Nurturing and incubating start-ups are another important function of the TTO of KRIBB. The joint venture with establishedpartner company could be created by providing with highly valued technology.Information Collection and Current StatusThe KRIBB Digital Library(http://library.kribb.re.kr) has made it a priority to collect electronic materials such as electronic journals,electronic books, and web databases for providing information more rapidly and improving users' convenience. The library has beensubscribing to electronic journals since 1998 and participating in the KESLI consortium. At the moment, the number of electronic journals towhich the library subscribes is 5,300 titles, which is much higher than their 47 printed journals. More than 400,000 articles are downloaded inPDF or HTML format each year.Main FunctionsKnowledge (Intellectual) Property Management : Making a strong patentConsulting of intellectual property filling/office action/maintenanceScreening of excellent idea/know-how/technologyScientific affairs to internal and/or external collaborationInformationJournalsBooksPrinted journalsElectronic journalsPrinted booksElectronic booksNo. of Material4695,30013,9005,028Major SourcesCurrently 47 journals are subscribed to and 16,499 volumes are bound17 publishers including ACS, Elesevier, Nature, OUP, Springer, WileyResearch books or reference materialsElsevier, netLibrary, Springer, WileyTechnology TransferTechnology valuation/marketing/negotiation for transferTechnology licensing-outBusiness IncubationCreating new startups/joint ventures (Institute Enterprise )Arranging fund investment for spin-off KRIBB companiesIncubating biotech. start-ups at BioVenture Center (BVC)Creating the Joint-Venture, MiCoBioMed, Inc. (2nd Institute Enterprise)Company type : The Joint Venture (Institute Enterprise)Partner Company : KoMiCo, Inc. (KOSDAQ company)Technology base : Biochip and Bionano-sensor technology from Bionanotechnology Research Center (Dr. Bong Hyun Chung)Market area : Biosensor market, Diagnostic MarketResearch reportsMarket trend reportsVideo materialsWeb databasesSoftwareResearch Results and Information DatabasesThe library has databased KRIBB's research results on the web with 6,889 papers, 1,549 patents, 1,510 research reports, and 420presentations (Total: 10,368) for web users. By using the iLIPS program, users can search and gain access to all data including printedbooks, electronic journals, and electronic books within the library.Document Delivery Service (DDS)6,42373020073KRIBB and other institutesDatamonitor, Frost & SullivanKBS MediaCCD, Delphion, JCR, SciFinder, Scopus, Springer Protocols, TradiMedChemBioOffice, EndNote, ezPDFTo solve the problems of the increasing amount of information and the lack of collections in the library, the library has madeagreements with the Korean Medical Library Association (KMLA), Korea Special Library Association (KSLA), National Digital ScienceLibrary (NDSL), and Korea Education and Research Information Service (KERIS) so that researchers can obtain copies of originalmaterials. The library has provided more materials (1,890 items) than it has received requests for original copies (1,682 items), whichmeans that it has contributed to promoting document delivery among domestic libraries.Management of Papers and Laboratory NotebooksIn deciding on promotions and assessing personal performance, every paper published by researchers has been managed with aspecial program (MIS) according to the criteria for paper assessment. The program is used for registering and inputting papers,building a full-text database, checking SCI and IF, issuing statistical data, reporting the results in and out of the KRIBB, providing aservice for web users, and publishing references(SCI reference materials, vol. 8, in Aug.).We manage the whole process related to laboratory notebooks - from requests and issuance to taking over - by implementing themanagement program (685 notebooks were issued in 2010). We promote laboratory notebook recording, and assist in establishing aproper research culture by running educational courses regularly. In line with this policy, we redeveloped the Electronic LaboratoryNotebook (KRIBB-ELN) system this year.108 KRIBB Annual Report 2010KRIBB Annual Report 2010 109