Fresh impetus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ for business relations Enhancing scientific results and transfering technology to the economic sector are key missions at CNRS. In 2011, the organization adopted a new strategy to improve its efficiency and its involvement in the new framework for innovation. CNRS carried out extensive research towards the development of the A380 Airbus, the largest civilian aircraft ever built. W abroad, CNRS is yet again one of France’s leading patent tions Department (DIRE). ‘One of the highlights of 2011 was the-notes Pierre Gohar, Director of the Innovation and Business Relants published in 2011, either in France orith 609 pate filers. It is also one of the world’s 100 most innovative companies agreement on the worldwide marketing of lithium iron phosphate and organizations according to the Top 100 Global Innovators list, and materials for batteries. It was signed by CNRS, the University published by Thomson Reuters. CNRS pays particular attention to of Montreal, the Canadian national electric company HydroQuébec, protecting its research results. ‘The organization’s mission is not and the German manufacturer Sùd-Chemie AG, joint owners of the only to carry out research, but also to protect it and find applica- key patents covering these essential technologies in the production tions for it, in order to contribute to France’s economic progress,’ of rechargeable batteries. 60 A year at CNRS 2011
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