setting up an ipr cell in an engineering institutions
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SETTING-UP
IPR Cell in ENGINEERING COLLEGE
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Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
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MODEL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY POLICY
FOR ENGINEERING COLLEGES
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PURPOSE
● Provide initial inputs and Guidelines for
Setting an In-house IPR Cell for an
institution
● I recently set up an IPR cell in our college.
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AUDIENCE● Decision Makers
○ Management, Heads of Institutes, Deans
● Executives
○ IPR cell, Dean R & D
● Stake holders
○ Faculty, students, researchers
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Reason for Setting UP IPR Cell● There are several types of intellectual property, which a college
may wish to pursue
● These include:
○ patents;
○ utility models;
○ industrial designs;
○ trademarks;
○ copyrights;
○ trade secrets,
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Background
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OverView of IPR Cell
● People
● Resources
● Extended resources
● Partners
● Activities
The Patent Procedure
PATENT PROCEDURE
● Patent Application
● publication
● pre-grant opposition
● examination
● application Grant
● Post Grant Opposition
3 to 5 years
Invention Disclosure
What: written description of the invention
when: before public disclosure
How: by filling invention disclosure form
Implication: we need an in house facility for all above
Challenges
● lack of awareness among inventors
● Valuation of technology
● Technology transfer
● attorney cost and patent filing costs
● jurisdictions
● renewals
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The Process
Process followed
● Faculty makes a novel invention and is
interested in protecting it through a patent
● Invention disclosure form ( IDF) is sent to faculty
by IPR cell
● A thorough due-diligence and market analysis is
performed on the IDF and a report is generated
Process followed ● Awaiting approval for filing
○ yes
■ provisional application filled after execution of patent -
assignment agreement
● commercial due-diligence and tech transfer attempt
initiated from IPR cell keeping investagtor in the
loop
● drafting , filing and prosecution of patent
applications (India, elsewhere PCT)
KEY ASPECTS of Invention disclosure form
● Explain how the invention is technically distinct
from and superior to the state of art
● what competitive advantage(s) does the invention
provide
● how the invention is performed
● relevant patent and publication
Process followed ● No
■ application not filed
■ The inventor may decide to file as an
individual and request waiver from college
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IPR CELLREQUIREMENTS
● Physical infrastructure,
● information resources,
● record keeping and
● database
Physical Infrastructure
● Invention disclosure meeting room
● Digital voice recorder and a video camera to
record each inventor as they talk
● Conference calling facility
● Laptop and projector
● database subscription ( prior art search)
The Invention Disclosure Process
Invention disclosure meeting Room
● separate meeting
● Internet connection
● teleconferencing facility
● easy availability of all
related documents,
templates etc
RECORD KEEPING
● Patent are para-legal documents
● signed copies are valuable in court
proceedings/commercialization
○ inventorship form, power of attorney
○ patent offce form
● Lab records
RECORD KEEPING PRACTICEsEach applicant is given a
serial number same as
electronics records file and
separate files with those
corresponding serial
numbers for each
applicants are maintained
Other Activities
● Awareness and Promotion
● Research Support
● Agreements
● policy, strategy & instututional
mechanism
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DATABASES ( For Free Search)● Searching scholarly literature
○ Google scholar - http://scholar.google.com
●
● Searching Patent Literature
○ Indian patent Search ( GOI site) http://ipindiaservices.gov.
in/publicsearch/
○ Google patent http://google.com/patents
○ USPTO http://www.uspto.gov
○ WIPO- http://wipt.int
○ Esp@acenet http://espacenet.com
Databases ( paid )Searching for Scholarly LiteratureScopus - www.scopus.comChemspider- www.chemspider.com
Searching for Patent LiteratureDelphion- www.delphion.com derwent - http://delphion.com/derwent
Searching for Indian Patenthttp://india.bigpatent.orgwww.pfc.org.in/db/db.htm
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Conclusions
● The IPR cell is set up to facility IPR
process within an institution.
● It helps researchers/students/faculty to
discover IP potential within their work
and help them capture and register it
REFERENCES
1. The Patent Process- http://sdstate.
technologypublisher.com/site/patentprocess.
html
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