Department of Pharmaceutics, JSS College of Pharmacy in association with Allinnov Research and Development Pvt Ltd., Mysore had organized One day workshop on “Path to innovation in Patents” on 7th March, 2018 with the objective to engender first level IPR awareness among the teachers, student teachers and young intellectuals about the propitious aspects of patenting their ingenious and novel conceptions, inventions etc... Such awareness would in turn be highly essential for the promotion of ingenuity, research and technical advancements as well as application into market. In the inaugural session, Dr. Vishal Kumar Gupta, Professor delivered the welcome speech. Dr. T M Pramod Kumar, Principal presided over the function. In the address he gave a brief introduction about the workshop and emphasized the need for innovation. A total of 30 delegates attended the workshop and all the sessions were interactive and well attended. Ms Gowthami - Administrator, Allinnov Research and Development Private Limited, Mysore spoke on path to innovation in patents. “Patents” are type of property that results from creation of the human mind, the intellect. She explained how to search patent, how to apply for a patent and also gave information on many websites both national and international related to patents and also about the cost of applying for a patent. She talked on the topic “Patent filing procedures in India and Case studies”. She also shared many of her life experiences and about those who came to her with their creations to be right protected. Dr. Vivek M Balse, Associate Professor, Pooja Bhagavat Memorial Mahajana P.G. Centre, Mysuru spoke about the elements to be considered for engendering patentable inventions through participative storytelling and simple quandary solving. He contemplated how to learn the nuances of converting inventions into valuable patents. The workshop on “Path to innovation in PATENTS” created great awareness among students, and faculty of JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysuru about the important concepts on how to apply for a patent. The programme included discussions on how to search patent, information on many websites to patents, Patent filing procedures in India and the cost of applying for a patent.
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