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PATENTS DRIVE

WHY PATENT?

Protects the intellectual property that has beendeveloped

Leads to the successful commercialization of yourresearch work

Adds immense value to your research profile

Provides a legal mode of ownership of thetechnology developed by you

WHAT CAN BE PATENTED?

An invention relating either to a product or process that is

* NEW

* Involving inventive step

* Technological advancement

* Capable of industrial application

WHAT CANNOT BE PATENTED?

A mere idea or suggestion

According to the Indian Patent Act Section 3, a list of exclusions has been provided. Some of them include ‘the mere discovery of a scientific principle’, ‘topography of integrated circuits’, etc.

For further information, visit http://ipindia.nic.in/ipr/patent/patact1970-3-99.html#chap2

HOW TO PATENT?

Prior art search to prove the novelty of invention

Applying for a patent by submission of ‘Patent Application’ and related legal and fee documents online (www.ipindiaonline.gov.in) or through a Patent Agent

In case application is not eligible, applicant will be notified to fulfill the requirements within 3 months

If eligible, the application is kept open on the portals of RMID section for perusal and further debate

Once approved (within a term of 3-4 years), a Patent Certificate is given and patent is valid for 20 years

USP OF THE DRIVE

LEGAL ASSISTANCE :

Up to initial draft of patent – by RGSoIPL

Final draft and filing – by a registered law firm

PROCEDURAL ASSISTANCE :

By the facilitation team comprising of professors, TTG members and volunteers from RGSoIPL

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE (of the eligible applications) :

By SRIC, IIT Kharagpur

SUCCESS STORIES OF

KGPIANS

Prof. S. K. Guha ( SMST, Alumnus of Elec. Engg. )

Indigenously developed non-hormonal polymer based injectable male contraceptive (RISUG) for which the Final Phase-III Clinical trials are underway; Has more then 100 research papers

Prof. S. De ( Dept. of Chemical Engineering)

Owns 6 patents; Recipient of DAE-SRC Outstanding Investigator Award (2012) and Shanti Swarup BhatnagarPrize (2011)

Dr. Biswadip Mitra ( Distinguished Alumnus, E&ECE)

President and MD, Texas Instruments; Co-inventor of a crucial patent in medical imaging; Chair of several International Committees and Conferences