Tohoku Techno Arch Co., Ltd. aims to support the creation of new technologies and industries, based on intellectual property developed by universities. It was established on November 5, 1998, with the support of interested researchers at Tohoku University, along with individuals at other national universities and colleges of technology in the Tohoku area, including Niigata. On December 4 of the same year, Tohoku Techno Arch Co., Ltd. was approved as an official Technology Licensing Organization (TLO) by both Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry under the Law for Promoting University-Industry Technology Transfer.

The Law for Promoting University-Industry Technology Transfer was established in May 1998 to assist individual universities in founding their own TLOs and support their operation. The aim of TLOs is to transferring intercultural properties of research results from universities and colleges of technology to business corporations, and to return the revenues to inventors as well as their laboratories and universities.

Tohoku Techno Arch Co., Ltd. is serving as a partner in providing technology seeds for corporations who wish to obtain technological innovations and enhance their competitiveness; and at the same time will act as an intermediary for returning the research results of university researchers to society.

We try to provide these services to anyone who is interested, regardless of their degree of experience in licensing or patent application. Please feel free to contact us at any time with your inquiries or for information. All our staffs are more than willing to talk with you and offer advice.

We would appreciate your continued cooperation, suggestions and support for our efforts.

Respectfully,
Tohoku Techno Arch Co., Ltd.

Corporate Info

Corporate Name	Tohoku Techno Arch Co., Ltd.
Address	2nd FL, Tohoku University, New Industry Creation Hatchery Center (NICHe), 6-6-10, Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8579, Japan
Foundation	November 5, 1998
Approved TLO	December 4, 1998
Capital	¥94,450,000
Stockholder	Tohoku University and individuals including researchers who is belonging to National University in Tohoku Area.
Officers	President MIZUTA Takanobu Director SHIMOYAMA Yousuke Director ISHIYAMA Akira Director AOKI Takafumi Director OHTAKI Yoshihiro Director KUMAGAI Ko Director DEGAWA Toru Auditor FUJINAMI Mitsuo
Qualified/Certificated Holders	Registered Technology Transfer Professional(RTTP): 3 *at the date of April 2024
Activity	Technology Licensing for Universities and Colleges of Technology in Tohoku Area
Contact	(TEL)+81-22-222-3049,(FAX)+81-22-222-3419

Business

Our main activites are "Evaluating inventions", "Licensing".
Each Manager fully take charge of evaluating inventions , marketing and licensing.

Evaluating Invention

First, universities request us to evaluate the inventions.
Second, we evaluate the inventions from their patentabilities and commercial possibilities point of view.
Finally,we report these results for universities.

Licensing

We introduce the applicated invention for campanies.
In addition, we negotiate and sign a contact with companies, when companies request the implementation of invention.

Network

Tohoku Techno Arch has established the partnerships with following universities to go technology transfer ahead smoothly under basic technology transfer agreements and others. (at the date of April 1st 2024).
In addition, we mainly handle the patent, which belongs to the universities in Tohoku Area.

• Tohoku University
• Hirosaki University
• Iwate University
• Akita University
• Fukushima University
• Yamagata University
• Tohoku Gakuin University
• Iwate Medical University
• Fukushima Medical University
• University of Aizu
• Miyagi University
• Hokkaido University