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Creating wealth from R&D
April 2010 Vol. 3 No. 4
Making science
work for you
Inside
A proposed bill that seeks to roll out mature
and potentially important technologiesgenerated by government-unded researches
to the market was nally enacted into
law recently ater almost three years intolegislation.
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
signed Republic Act 10055, otherwise known asAn Act Providing the Framework and Support
System or the Ownership, Management, Use,and Commercialization o Intellectual Property
Generated rom Research and DevelopmentFunded by Government and or Other Purposes
or the Philippine Technology Transer Act o2009 into a ull fedged national statute on
March 23 at the Malacaan Palace. The new
law is expected to serve as the blueprint ora nationally coordinated technology transer
ramework o government-unded researches.Department o Science and Technology
RP now has tech transfer law,DOST lauds passage
By Edge GanciaganS&T Media Service, PCARRD
Secretary Estrella Alabastro said that thewhole science community is overwhelmedwith this development.
We are optimistic that this new law,a landmark policy on technology transer
will revolutionize the commercialization otechnologies generated by researches unded
by taxpayers money, Sec. Alabastro said.
The enactment came ater Congressapproved in December 2009 the Senate version,
Senate Bill 3416, authored by Sen. Edgardo J.Angara and co-authored by Senators Manuel
Research outputs, which used to take ages
beore reaching the market, can now be
used by the public in a aster way. Clearingthe path or technology transer is Republic
Act No. 10055 which claries intellectua
property (IP) procedures that used to weigh
down commercialization o technologies in
the country. Signed into law on March 23
this year by Pres. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
RA 10055 nally denes the ramework
and support system or the ownership
management, use, and commercialization
o IP derived rom government-unded
research and development (R&D)
Intellectual property (IP), as dened
by the new law, reers to the tangible
assets resulting rom the creative work o
an individual or an organization, including
creations o the mind, such as inventions
literary and artistic works, and symbols
names, images, and designs used in commerce
Also known as the Philippine Technology
Transer Act o 2009, RA 10055 essentially
spelled out guiding principles on several issues
that used to hamper the commercialization
o technology, such as ownership, sharing
and use o revenue, among others. With the
ironing out o these crucial concerns, the law
acilitates and systematizes the transer o
technology or knowledge rom the laboratoryto market, says Dr. Albert Aquino, head o the
Tech-Transer Technical Working Committee o
the Department o Science and Technology
Previously, research outputs take a
long time beore reaching the public as a
tangible product because o policy gaps. For
example, ownership o a research output
then was a toss-up among researchers
involved, research institution where the
research was done, unding agency, and al
other bodies that supported the research
New law hastenspublic use of
research outputsBy Framelia V. AnonasS&T Media Service, STII
continued on page 4continued on page 3
New DOST directors named
MIRDC upgrades LPG-checkfacilities
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p. 4
Photocourtesyofwww.op.gov.ph
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New DOST directors named
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K+E+T+D+P is an equation. Just add all the
variables and the result is success. And Juan
S. Reyes Jr. solved that equation with fying
colors making him the new Director o the
Finance and Management Service-Department
o Science and Technology (FMS-DOST).
Jun, as he ondly called by his peers,
assumed the title Director IV o the FMS in
simple rites during the DOST Management
Committee Meeting on 08 March 2010 at
the Philvolcs Auditorium, Quezon City. He
was sworn in by DOST Secretary Estrella F.
Alabastro.
For more than three years, Reyes was
the Ocer-in-Charge o the FMS Oce o the
Director and held various positions within the
organization. His selection as FMS Director
was an example that knowledge + experience
+ training + determination + potentials is anequation that when solved properly is equal
to success.
Reyes has packed in 16 years o
dedicated service to DOST, starting as OIC o
the Budget Division in the FMS- DOST. Later, he
was promoted as Chie Administrative Ocer
(Management and Audit Analyst V) o the
Management Division, and was subsequently
named OIC o the Accounting Division-FMS
and, concurrently, OIC o the FMS.
Reyes, a Certied Public Accountant,
earned his BS Business Administration at the
K+E+T+D+P = Juan S. Reyes Jr., new FMS-DOSTdirector
University o the East. As a DOST scholar, he
obtained his Master in Business Administration
rom the Polytechnic University o thePhilippines.
On proessional aliations, Jun Reyes is
a member o various proessional organizations
such as the Philippine Institute o Certied
Public Accountants (PICPA), Government
Association o Certied Public Accountants
(GACPA), Association o Government Internal
Auditors (AGIA), Association o Government
Accountants o the Philippines (AGAP), etc.,
including DOST Employees Union, and DOST
Employees Association. (Josephine Darm,
Michelle Sulit, Aileen Casa, S&T Media Service)
With his high competence and extensive
experience as a orester and an environmentalresearcher, the Forest Products Research and
Development Institute o the Department oScience and Technology (FPRDI-DOST) sees
no sun setting in the horizon in this once
sunshine industry, the orest products.At the helm o FPRDI, DOSTs lead
agency in research and development orinnovative, and environmentally sae orest
products, is Dr. Romulo T. Aggangan, a
proessional orester with various publishedarticles in leading peer-reviewed journals.
Dr. Aggangan took his BS and MS atthe UP Los Banos and his PhD in Biological
and Environmental Sciences at the MurdochUniversity, Perth, Western Australia. He led
several National R&D programs and projects
on National Furniture R&D. Currently, heis a member o the programs on national
Dr. Romulo Anggangan, FPRDIs ray of hopebiouels and the integrated R&D on
Jathropa curcas as eedstock or biodiesel.
His collaborative work at the SustainableAgriculture and Natural Resources ManagementCollaborative Research Support Program in
Southeast Asia (SANREM CRSP/SEA) has led tothe successul completion o this large multi-
disciplinary R&D program. His other project
involvements include the improvement andmaintenance o bamboo productivity or quality
timber and shoots, and the S&T program orindustrial tree plantation species or CARAGA.
He was Director o the Forest andEnvironment Research Division o the
Philippine Council or Agriculture, Forestry, and
Natural Resources Research and Development(PCARRD-DOST) beore joining FPRDI. He also
chaired several committees and as projectcoordinator to some international unding
agencies. (Joy M. Lazcano, S&T Media Service)
Edgar I. Garcia:Meticulous multi-tasking expert is newTAPI director
Always reerred to as the meticulous multi
tasking expert by those who had worked
with him, Engr. Edgar I. Garcias dynamicity
helped him move his way to the top post othe Technology Application and Promotion
Institute-Department o Science and
Technology (TAPI-DOST). He was appointed as
Director by Secretary Estrella F. Alabastro on
March 22, 2010.
Director Garcia, Egay to his riends, is
a graduate o Bachelor o Science in Chemica
Engineering at the National University in 1978
Engr. Garcia went to the University o the
Philippines Diliman or higher studies where
he obtained his Master o Statistics degree in
1986. He was recipient o Certicate o Merit
as College Scholar. In 1989, he received his
Postgraduate Diploma in Chemical Engineering
rom the Tokyo Institute o Technology
Tokyo, Japan where he was a research ellow
o the UNESCO and Ministry o Education and
Culture o Japan (MONBUSHO). At present, he
is completing his PhD in Food Science at the
University o the Philippines Diliman with al
academic courses completed.
Engr. Garcia joined the DOST system
continued on page 3
Photo courtesy of Dr. Aggangan
Photo by Henry de Leon, S&T Media Service, STII
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Roxas II and Loren Legarda. Senators PiaCayetano, Gregorio Honasan, Panlo Lacson,
Aquilino Pimentel, Jinggoy Estrada and JuanMiguel Zubiri also served as co-sponsors.
At the House o Representatives, Cavite
1st District Rep. Joseph Emilio A. Abaya was atthe oreront o the Bills passage and served
as its principal author. Angara and Abaya chairthe Committees on Science and Technology
at the Senate and House o Representatives,
respectively.
Speaking at PCARRD (Philippine Councilor Agriculture, Forestry and Natural ResourcesResearch and Development) recently, Sec.
Alabastro expressed optimism o the laws merit
in uptaking technologies to the market as wellas preventing brain drain and out migration o
S&T proessionals, and encouraging studentsto pursue R&D studies.
A key provision in the law provides orincentives to researchers by according them
share in the royalties as well as allowing them
put up their own start up companies.The law was Sec. Alabastros brainchild,
having recognized the need or a national
backbone and ramework that would push
technology generation and application toits maximum potential through ecient
and coordinated transer capability andintellectual property assertions around the
country, similar to the Bayh-Dole Act in theUS.
The S&T czar also lauded President Arroyo
and Congress or taking into account such amuch-needed legislation or the science and
technology sector.Alabastro explained that taking advantage
o the new law would hasten the process o
technology commercialization and broadensthe scope o protection o intellectual property
rights in government RDIs.For the longest time, we rely mostly on
breakthroughs rom outside, while our local
technologies generated through public undsremain untapped or archived in laboratories
around the country. Hence, this is a signicantbreak or us to roll this out to the market and
be availed by the public, she added.
Engr. Arthur Cruz: Moving up MIRDCs ladder
Bringing the Metals Industry Research and
Development Center to new heights is not
new to this man who had a long time romance
with the industry since his younger days.
Engr. Artur Lucas D. Cruz, registered
mechanical engineer, was appointed Executive
Director o the MIRDC by DOST Secretary
Estrella F. Alabastro on March 22, 2010.
Engr. Cruz started as Junior Methods
Engineer at MIRD in 1977, and then rose up
to Division Chie, Department Manager, and
Director II, until he was promoted as Deputy
Executive Director III o the Oce o the
Deputy Executive Director or Research and
Once ully in place, the new law is
expected to provide the mechanism to allowimportant technologies to be commercialized
and be made available to the public.Dr. Patricio S. Faylon, PCARRD Executive
Director, meanwhile expressed elation with
this development. He described this as aleap or the inter-agency policy advocacy
collaboration and a eat in the Councils policydevelopment and advocacy mandate relating
to S&T development.
PCARRD, the central planning council oDOST in the agriculture, orestry and natura
resources has led the Departments eortsin the Bills legislative advocacy and public
awareness activities since 2006.Meanwhile, the technical and nancia
support given by the Intellectual Property
Oce (IPO) o the Philippines, DOST Planningand Evaluation Service, and DOST councils and
institutes were instrumental in the legislativeadvocacy o the law. Currently, DOST and
IPO are preparing the basis or the Acts
implementing rules and regulation (IRR).
in 1979 at the Food and Nutrition Research
Institute then joined TAPI in 1992. He joined
TAPI as Senior Science Research Specialist
and became Supervising SRS in 2004. He then
rose to becoming Chie SRS in 2007 and has
since then acted on various and concurrent
capacities within the Institute as ocer-in-
charge o the Oce o the Deputy Director and
the Oce o the Director.
Engr. Garcia has written and published a
number o country paper reports and technical
papers. Aware o the importance o education
and mentoring, Engr. Garcia continues to be
part o the academic community as a part
time lecturer at the Polytechnic University
o the Philippines (1987 to present) and the
Technological University o the Philippines
(1981 to present) where he teaches ood
science courses, Calculus, Statistics, and
Analytic Geometry to undergraduate technica
and engineering students. (Josephine Darm
Michelle Sulit, Aileen Casa, S&T Media Service)
Operations. He served as MIRDC Ocer
in-Charge rom 04 March 2009 until his
assumption to the top position o the Center
Cruz, a holder o a Career Executive
Ocer (CEO) IV rank, is one o the ewpeople who rose rom the ranks. In act, he
started his mechanical career as a helpein a small mechanical shop in Angeles
Pampanga in 1975 but was later hired asinstructor at the National University where
he took his BS in Mechanical Engineer. He
obtained his MBA rom the San SebastianCollege in 1977. (Joy M. Lazcano, STII, and
Marlyn Ramones, MIRDC, S&T Media Service)Photo courtesy of MIRDC
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Fires caused by liqueed petroleum gas
(LPG) cylinder have been quite common inthe country. From 1995 to 2000, the Bureau
o Fire Protection (BFP) o the Department
o the Interior and Local Government (DILG)
reported a total o 1,475 LPG-caused re
incidents throughout the country. From 2004
to 2008, BFP again recorded 756 res caused
by LPG tank explosions.
According to the LPG Association o the
Philippines, hal o the 12 million LPG tanks
in the country today are not t or public
use. The group also estimates that out o the
six million unt LPG tanks, three million are
or scrapping and could no longer be xed.
Another three million are or requalication or
or inspection and certication by concerned
government agencies
An LPG tank explodes and causes re
when it has considerable leak. This leak,
which may emanate rom the hose or rom the
burner, bursts once the LPG is ignited. Thus,
ensuring the saety o LPG cylinders becomes
o utmost importance in preventing re,
particularly in high density household areas.
The Metals Industry Research and
Development Center (MIRDC), an ISO/IEC 17025
accredited laboratory by the Department o
Trade and Industrys Philippine Accreditation
Oce (PAO), has upgraded its re prevention
acilities to address the growing problem on
MIRDC upgrades LPG-check facilities to
strengthen govt fre prevention initiativesBy Marlyn Ramones
S&T Media Service, MIRDC
About us
The DOST Digest is published by the
Science and Technology Information
Institute for the Department of Science
and Technology.
For comments, suggestions or queries,contact:
Framelia V. Anonas
Editor-In-Chief
Science and Technology Information
Institute
Department of Science and Technology
Bicutan, Taguig City Metro Mla 1631
Philippines
Telefax:(02) 837-7520/838-1510
Email: [email protected]
www.stii.dost.gov.ph
LPG-related res. Among the tests conducted
by MIRDC on LPG cylinders are radiographic,
tension and bending, and bursting.
The radiographic testing detects internal
welding deects o the weld joint portion o
the LPG cylinder. It is exposed to radiation
with attached lm using an industrial X-ray o
300 kVA capacity.
Tension testing involves determining
the tensile properties o both materials and
weld joints (tensile strength, yield strength,
and elongation) using test samples machinedto specied dimensions, while bend testing
determines ductility o the weld joint. Both
tests are done using a
Universal Testing Machine(UTM).
Meanwhile, in the
bursting test, the nished
LPG cylinder is subjected
to a very high pressure
using a hydraulic system.
A burst testing equipment
is used to prove that the
LPG cylinder will not
rapture up to at least
our times its designed
pressure.
These testing
processes employed by theMIRDC are in accordance
with the Philippine
National Standard (PNS).
LPG cylinders require mandatory
certication issued by DTIs Bureau
o Product Standards (BPS) or local
manuacturers and importers. The local
manuacturers are required to secure
Product Saety (PS) mark, while importers
have to secure the Import Commodity
Clearance (ICC).
Recently, MIRDCs acilities and
expertise in providing technical
requirements were eatured in ABS-CBNs
morning television program Umagang Kay
Ganda in collaboration with the DTI-BPS.
in various ways. The absence o standard
procedures compelled concerned individuals
and institutions to enter into an agreement
that spelled out percentage o ownership o
everyone involved, as well as royalty ees.
Just like the preparation o any other
legal documents, nalizing o agreementswas quite complicated and took much time
and eort. Such condition slowed down
the transer o knowledge or developed
technologies to technology adoptors or venture
capitalists and, subsequently, to end users.
RA 10055 puts an end to ownership
questions by investing the IP ownership to
the research and developments institution
(RDI) that perormed the research. According
to the Act, RDIs are in a better position to
identiy the potential or economic use o
IPs and IP rights as they have the right
skills and management capability. The Act
however, exempts RDIs with previously written
agreements on the sharing, limiting, waiving
and assigning o IP and IP rights ownership
Likewise, the Act denes the rights
and responsibilities o government unding
agencies and RDIs, management o IPs, revenuesharing, commercialization and establishmen
o spin-o rms, use and compulsory
licensing o technologies, use o income
establishment o mechanisms, and others
For more details o the law, please
visit http://www.dost.gov.ph. The DOST
spearheaded the preparations o RA10055
which was avorably endorsed by the S&T
Committees in the Lower House headed by
Cavite 1st Dist. Rep. Joseph Emilio A. Abaya and
in the Senate headed by Sen. Edgardo Angara
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