The National Research and Innovation Agency (Indonesian: Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional, BRIN) is a Non-Ministry Government Institution (Indonesian: Lembaga Pemerintah Non-Kementerian, LPNK) which is under and responsible to the President of Indonesia through the minister in charge of government affairs in the field of research and technology. President Joko Widodo first formed this institution through Presidential Regulation Number 74 of 2019 which is attached to the Ministry of Research and Technology (Indonesian: Kementerian Riset dan Teknologi, Kemenristek) so that the Minister of Research and Technology also acts as the Head of BRIN.
In the second period of President Joko Widodo’s administration in 2021, the Ministry of Research and Technology was merged into the Ministry of Education and Culture. Still, the Head of BRIN was held by someone other than the Minister of Education. For this reason, the President appointed the Head of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (Indonesian: Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia, LIPI), Dr. Laksana Tri Handoko, who also has several patents in physics. Since then, LIPI together with 3 (three) other LPNKs, namely the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (Indonesian: Badan Pengkajian dan Penerapan Teknologi, BPPT), the National Nuclear Energy Agency (Indonesian: Badan Tenaga Nuklir Nasional, BATAN), and the National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (Indonesian: Lembaga Penerbangan dan Antariksa Nasional, LAPAN) were merged into BRIN.
With this fusion, BRIN has 12 Research Organizations (RO) based on scientific fields, namely:
- Nuclear Energy Research Organization
- Earth and Maritime Research Organization
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Organization
- Aviation and Space Research Organization
- Archaeological, Language, and Literary Research Organization
- Governance, Economics, and Public Welfare Research Organization
- Agriculture and Food Research Organization
- Biological and Environmental Research Organization
- Health Research Organization
- Energy and Manufacturing Research Organization
- Electronics and Informatics Research Organization
- Nanotechnology and Materials Research Organization
With this many ROs, BRIN targets that in accumulation, all of the ROs above will result in 800 patent applications in 2023. However, according to Deputy for Research and Innovation Facilities at BRIN Agus Haryono, until the second quarter of 2023, only 16 patents have been filed.
Of course, it can be said that it is still very far from the target. However, if you look at BRIN’s previous performance, there are already more than 2,500 Intellectual Property managed, most of which came from 2,371 Patents, 352 Copyrights, 122 Industrial Designs, 46 Trademarks, and 17 Plant Variety Protection (PVP).
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