The commercialization of the research results but the profits are unclear, may even be deducted from the investment budget, causing scientists and leaders of research units not to be interested in deployment.
Three barriers in the commercialization of the research results are Associate Professor. Dr. Phan Tien Dung, Head of Technology Application and Deployment Department (Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology) pointed out in commercialization of research results.
At the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology – where a year there are thousands of international publications and nearly 100 exclusive inventions for patent and useful solutions, but the number of commercialization results does not much.
Mr. Dung said the reason Firstly The projects and results of research using the state budget are influenced by the regulations and policies that are not synchronized. For example, the research results under the state ownership, but the deployment is performed by scientists. However, because this result is not assigned ownership to the presiding unit or scientist, they cannot commercialize a product that they do not really own.
SecondI, The regulations on technological valuation are also a barrier. Pricing a specific, tangible product is difficult, pricing an invisible product is even more complicated. Currently, no professional organization is in charge of this, while in other countries, the pricing organization is often advised, and the final decision still belongs to the buyer and the seller.
Tuesdaythe regulation on the division of profits after commercialization is also not consistent. The Law on Science and Technology stipulates that the author is entitled to a minimum of 30% of profits, while the amended intellectual property law only allows 15-20% to register for inventions. Decree 70 stipulates that if the research results are commercialized and profit will be refunded to the State according to the budget contribution rate. If the State sponsors 100%, the entire profit must be returned, making scientists not enjoy anything. “This does not encourage them to participate in the commercialization of the research results,” Mr. Dung said.
In addition, according to the State Budget Law, if a research unit has successfully commercialized and profit, this clause will be deducted from the next year’s investment budget. “This does not motivate the units to continue commercialization, because they may lose their efforts but do not benefit, even be reduced to investment,” said Associate Professor Dung.
He added that, in other countries, successful commercial research units are often prioritized by the State. In contrast, the current policy of Vietnam accidentally creates a psychology “sitting still to benefit”, instead of encouraging scientists to actively commercialize research results.
Vietnamese engineers designed Nanodragon satellite. Image:VNSC
Not only Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology, many other research units also encounter these shortcomings. Many scientists are forced to stop because the current mechanism does not create conditions for them to deploy.
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Mai Anh Tuan, a senior lecturer at the University of Technology, Hanoi National University in the same opinion. He said that in the university, there are many creativity, many research results, but to bring to the market is very “arduous”, especially the procedures like the maze, especially the financial regulations. .
At Hanoi National University, if the lecturer has inventors, the school supports funding to register the invention. If lucky, the invention after being announced to be put into the application, to the transfer of difficulties encountered is this patent price.
The reason there is no basis for pricing, and the process of benefits after the patent transfer is not clear, the time is prolonged.
According to Assoc. But sometimes 3 months – 6 months later, there is no answer about the technological value, surely no one wants to “die”.
From an enterprise perspective, Dr. Trinh Hoa, co -founder of Buyo Biology Company, said that not all results can be commercialized due to scientific research to solve many different purposes. Research results have commercial potential, if it is a product or service, but broader, this research results may create a premise to expand other research directions.
Dr. Hoa proposed a private partnership model and received the necessary support from the Government’s startup programs and private funds. This is an effective cooperation model between startup and multinational corporation to serve the common social life.
Buyo’s commercialized products. Image: TH
The National Assembly adopted a specific policy
The entanglement points and knots of Government Science and Technology proposed in the Resolution on piloting a number of specific mechanisms and policies approved by the National Assembly on the morning of February 19.
The Resolution stipulates that the result of the implementation of scientific and technological tasks using the state budget, the research agencies and organizations are monitored separately, not accounting for the property of the organization and the organization, Not to determine the original price, the remaining value, depreciation, and property wear.
The research agency is autonomous, self -decided and self -responsible for using assets without pricing in leasing, transferring the right to use, business, joint venture, linkage not forming legal entities new. When implementing this content, the research facility does not need to prepare a project or report to the competent authority according to the regulations on the management and use of public property.
In addition, they are sold and transfer assets; Contributing capital with assets to joint ventures and links forming new legal entities comply with the provisions of the law on the management and use of public assets.
According to the Standing Committee of the National Assembly, this provision is to promptly remove obstacles in the provisions on assets formed from scientific and technological tasks. In essence and according to international practices, assets formed from research tasks are considered as a funding, not a direct investment and the State shall divide profits immediately.
All assets when commercialized and profitable, the State will gain benefits through tax collection. This policy solves the delay of the implementation of administrative procedures and especially difficulties in asset valuation.