(Reuters) – Japan will compensate companies to keep secret patents with potential military applications under proposed legislation, the Nikkei reported on Sunday.
The patents under review of the proposed economic security legislation will include technology that can help develop nuclear weapons, such as uranium enrichment and cutting-edge innovations like quantum technology, the Nikkei report said.
The Japanese government will give compensation of roughly 20 years of licensing income to the companies falling under this legislation, the report added.
(Reporting by Nishit Jogi in Bengaluru; Editing by Nick Zieminski)
