Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights

IPR workshop on Innovation, Invention and Creativity with a theme of Roadmap for Patent Creation was organized in two phases on 25^th August and 8^th September 2018. 

In the first workshop a total of 82 students/researchers have participated and the second workshop had a total of 72 students/researchers. The Technology Transfer Group students managed both the workshops. The workshop started at 9.30 AM and ended at 1.15 PM.

Prof. M. Padma, Dean, RGSOIPL welcomed the participants and Prof. C.R.Raj, IPC IPR & IR briefly introduced the Institute patent filing procedures and patent portal. TTG students presented their role in the IPR activities in the campus and explained the patent abstract submission in the patent portal. 

Prof. Gouri Ashok Gargate, RGSOIPL delivered the lecture on ‘Roadmap for Patent Creation’ and taught the fundamentals of patent creation and patent filing in two sessions. A brief highlight of the talk is given below:

A patent is an exclusive right granted by the sovereign of the state to the owner of an invention to make, sell, use, etc. A patent is a territorial rights for the inventor/owner. The life time of patent is 20 years (from the date of filing) and the patent holder gets the exclusive right to exploit (licensing, assigning, commercializing, etc.) within this period.

Novelty, non-obviousness and utility are the three different patentability criteria required for filing the invention. Mathematical model, surgical procedures and software per se cannot be patented in India. It is mandatory to demonstrate the utility of the mathematical model or software using hardware. New process, compound mixture, machine and any improvement in terms of efficiency or cost reduction can be patented. The timeline for patent filing, cost involved in filing and the procedures for filing international application were highlights in the workshop.

The first page of the patent application or granted patent has name(s) of the owner, inventor and the date of filing (provisional/complete), date of publication and date of grant. Indian patent offices are located in four different cities, Kolkata (head office), Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi.

The workshop was interactive and the participants put forward several queries and the speaker and other IPR team members clarified the queries and doubts. The video of this workshop is now available with this link https://youtu.be/QEjhGda9IBk