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Indonesia registered 339,289 intellectual property assets in 2024 alone — a record figure that DJKI’s Director General cited as evidence of a maturing innovation ecosystem. But ask how many of those assets are actively being used by an external organisation, adopted by a community, or generating any form of real-world value, and the picture shifts considerably. The certificate and the impact are two very different things — and confusing them is the most expensive mistake a BINUS researcher can make.

The instinct is understandable. Registering with DJKI is a milestone. It costs time, requires paperwork, and ends with an official document that feels like closure. For many lecturers, the mental model is: research → publication → IP registration → done. That model earns one KPI point. It also leaves research sitting in a drawer while the world carries on without it.

At BINUS, this distinction is embedded in the performance framework itself. Every study program carries two separate HKI targets per year: Standard IP, meaning a registered or granted asset, and Impactful IP. The second target exists precisely because registration alone does not constitute impact. An IP becomes Impactful only when an external party — a community group, an MSME (Usaha Mikro, Kecil dan Menengah), an industry partner, a government body, or an alumnus — actively uses or promotes it, with evidence to prove it. That evidence might be a photograph, a screenshot of a digital platform, or a link showing real-world deployment. The bar is deliberately concrete, because a seminar presentation is not the same as an organisation with more than ten members using your work in their operations.

The distinction carries significant career weight. A lecturer who registers IP without planning for external implementation misses a compounding opportunity: a single well-executed Impactful IP claim can contribute to three separate performance indicator categories simultaneously — Impactful IP, Technology Used, and Product Commercialized — depending on the nature of the implementation. Stopping at the certificate means leaving, in practical terms, two out of three possible claims unclaimed in the same year for the same piece of work.

The global benchmark reinforces this logic. The Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM), which tracks technology transfer performance across North American and international research institutions, consistently shows that the universities with the strongest research reputations are not necessarily the ones with the largest IP portfolios. They are the ones with the highest licensing and utilisation rates. IP that sits unused is a sunk cost, not an institutional asset. (AUTM, 2023 — AUTM Licensing Activity Survey)

For Indonesian universities, this is becoming policy reality rather than best practice. The Kemdiktisaintek’s DIKTISAINTEK BERDAMPAK framework — which governs the direction of competitive research funding — explicitly states that research outcomes must not stop at publication; they must provide concrete, value-added solutions for society and industry. The 2026 Program Hilirisasi Riset, funded through LPDP and submitted via hiliriset.kemdiktisaintek.go.id, specifically rewards research that has moved from a protected IP stage into real-world testing or external adoption. A grant reviewer looking at a research profile will not only count certificates — they will ask who is using them. (Kemdiktisaintek / LPDP, 2025 — Panduan Program Hilirisasi Riset Prioritas dan Strategis Sinergi TA 2026)

BINUS currently holds more than 2,500 registered IP assets. The Impactful IP programme is not a new idea imposed from outside — it is a response to an internal reality that most research universities share: healthy registration volume, and a much smaller volume of documented external adoption. The programme exists because RTT recognised that the finish line needed to be moved, and that moving it requires changing how lecturers think about what “done” actually means.

For a BINUS lecturer ready to make that shift, the path is more accessible than it appears. Existing community relationships, alumni networks, or an industry partner already engaged in your research can serve as the external implementing party. The HKI Apps platform manages the entire claim process from linking your registered IP to uploading partner documentation and evidence photos. RTT offers direct consultation to help you assess whether a current relationship qualifies and how to document it in a way that passes evaluation.

The certificate marks the moment your research is protected. Impactful IP is the moment it becomes useful. For a full overview of how BINUS supports the journey from registration to real-world impact, visit the Impactful IP page at BINUS Technology Transfer.

 

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