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KARNATAKA STATE COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bengaluru - 560 012

Activities of Patent Information Centre from

April 2017 to November 2017

Name of the Institute Date

Conducted

Number of

Beneficiaries

1. Bapuji Institute of Technology, Davanagere 06th

April

2017

40

2. IPR day Acharya Institute of Technology, Bengaluru 26th

April

2017

80

3.Visit to BNMIT for Project Evaluation of Disabled 17th

May

2017

24

4. IPR Workshop for Incubation and Start ups 21st June

2017

35

5. Acharya B School IPR Entrepreneurship

Program,Bengaluru

18th

July

2017

50

6.RR Institute of Technology, Bengaluru 26th

September

2017

100

7. Industry Institute Innovation Workshop at

BIET,Davanagere

11th

October

2017

100

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1. A Report on IPR awareness program conducted by PIC-KSCST at

Bapuji Institute of Technology, Davanagere on 6th April, 2017.

Patent Information Centre conducted a half day IPR awareness program at Bapuji Institute of

Technology, Davanagere

Dr.B.E.Rangaswamy, Dean R&D and HOD of Department of Biotechnology, initiated and

coordinated the program.

The first technical session was presented by Mr.C.R Pradeep, who initially talked about

KSCST and its ongoing projects and activities. He highlighted about the SPP program and the

IPR implications on the SPP Projects. He also highlighted the activities of PIC. Later he

began the technical presentation on Introduction to IPR Spectrum for about 45 minutes.

The session was also followed by Q&A.

The Second session was delivered by Mr. Madhusudhan, on Prior Art, drafting and

Patenting Mechanism to Indian Patent Law. The session went for about one and half hour.

Later, three faculty members who were curious to know about patenting discussed about their

projects being supported by the college.

The Workshop was concluded with vote of thanks by Mr.Niranjan.MN.

Photographs of IPR workshop at Bapuji Institute of Technology, Davanagere

IPR workshop at Bapuji Institute of Technology, Davanagere

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2. a Report on Workshop to commemorate World IP Day on 26th April,

2017 at the IP Cell of Acharya Institute of Technology, Bengaluru.

Patent Information Centre in collaboration with Visvesvaraya Trade Promotion Centre

(VTPC) conducted a half day IPR program at Acharya Institute of Technology, Bangalore to

celebrate the World IP Day.

Dr.Iqbal Ahmed, Deputy Director, Training initiated and coordinated the program with

KSCST and VTPC.

A brief inaugural function was held to begin the event. Dr.Iqbal Ahmed welcomed the

participants, and guests, speakers from KSCST and VTPC. He highlighted the initiation of the

IP Cell and thanked KSCST and VTPC for their support in the same. He also mentioned that

few innovative projects are already in the pipeline to proceed for applying Patent. It was also

mentioned that the IP Policy of the institution was almost in the final stages.

The Principal of Acharya Pharmacy College Dr.Goli, spoke briefly, about the importance of

IPR especially Patent in the present world and appreciated KSCST’s role to spread the

concept of IPR and the support for their IP Cell which as initiated last year.

Mr.C.R. Pradeep was the guest of honour and talked about importance of IPR Day. He

mentioned about the sustainability of the IP Cell, with regular guest lectures and workshops.

He also pointed out that the final year Engineering projects, which are really patent worthy

and not able to continue in the concept or prototype, to be documented in the IP Cell library.

Such projects can be taken forward by seniors or outside start ups or incubation centres for

commercialisation etc. Mr.Pradeep also suggested locating separate budget for the activities

of the IP Cell.

The first technical session was presented by Ms.Bhavya.K.B, on Introduction to IPR

Spectrum for about 45 minutes. The session was also followed by Q&A.

The Second session was delivered by Ms.Brinda Varma, on IPR issues w.r.t Transnational

Research .The session was for about one hour. Later, three faculty members who were

curious to know about collaboration agreements with the college, and discussed about their

projects.

The third session was delivered by Mr.V.Raghuram, on Technology and IP

Commercialisation for about 45 minutes followed by Q&A. Senior faculty members posed

questions on Commercial aspects of innovated projects from the colleges.

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IPR day at Acharya Institute of Technology, Bengaluru

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3. A Report on the visit to BNM Institute of Technology, Banashankari

by Patent Information Centre (PIC), KSCST to assess the Project

Prototypes with regard to IP and Commercialization conducted on 17th

May 2017.

Dr.Jayashree HOD CSE of BNMIT invited PIC, KSCST to visit the exhibits of the prototype

of products that was developed by the students of few departments of the college. The theme

of the Exhibited prototypes developed by the students was mainly for the “Especially able

persons”.

PIC staff was also accompanied by Mr.Shashidhara of GIZ organisation. The main objective

of PIC and GIZ to visit the exhibits was to guide the students to take their Project further for

commercialisation or think in view of IP value, in case the concepts are Patent worthy or can

proceed with Registration of copyright, design etc. There were totally about 25 prototypes

displayed at the exhibition

Mr. Shashidhar will be guiding the students with a view to commercialise the product and

also try to link the project with MSME’s (mainly electronics industry) to proceed further in

improving or technical advancement related to industries

It was observed that most of the prototype were at the initial stages or half done .The project

and the prototypes were developed by students from 2nd

Semester to 8th

semester. This is an

advantage so that the project can be continued further during their study period .The exhibited

prototypes will be shortlisted by PIC and GIZ ,keeping in view the IP and commercialisation

aspects .

It is suggested to invite students /guides of the shortlisted Projects to KSCST for a detail

presentation which will be assessed by the subject experts.

Photographs of the Exhibition at BNM Institute of Technology, Banashankari, Bengaluru

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Exhibits at BNM Institute of Technology, Bengaluru

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4. Report on IPR Workshop for Incubation centres and Start ups held

on 21st June 2017 at Choksi Hall, Indian Institute of Science campus,

Bengaluru

The Patent Information Centre of Karnataka State Council for Science & Technology

(KSCST), Department of Science & Technology, Government of Karnataka and the

Department of Science and Technology, Government of India jointly organised a one day

workshop on IPR for Start ups, Incubation Centres, and MSMEs at Choksi Hall, Indian

Institute of Science campus, Bangalore on 21st June 2017.

The workshop aimed to provide, the basic information and awareness on IPR spectrum from

innovation to Commercialization. Participants from Start Ups, Incubations Centres, Faculty

members from Engineering Colleges and MSMEs were invited.

This workshop covered a general spectrum on the following topics;

*Introduction to IPR, Importance of IPR for Start ups.

*Evaluation of Inventions for setting up of business.

*Legal aspects in new entities

*Focus on Commercialization, funding for new Inventions/Start ups.

Technical speakers from National Law School India University, Incubation centre from

Engineering College, Patent Attorney and Senior Consultant from Start up Karnataka, GOK

were invited for the Workshop.

The delegates participated in the workshop were from Engineering Colleges such as SJCIT,

SJC, MSRIT and Acharya Institute of Technology. About 9 Start-ups from IISc also

participated. Participants from MSMEs such as AWAKE, Fluxgen and Healthcare were also

present.

The Workshop began with the welcome address by Prof.S. Subramanian, Secretary, KSCST.

Prof.S. Subramanian gave a brief welcome address, welcoming the dignitaries on the dais and

all the delegates.

Inauguration by Prof. T. Ramakrishna, Chair Professor, IPR, National Law School of India

University, and Bangalore inaugurated the workshop by lighting the lamp, with the inaugural

speech. He mentioned about the integration of IPR in different domains and the latest global

development in IPR. He also mentioned about the Patents scenario in China with examples. It

was mentioned that Start ups to give more importance to patents, copyright, and Design.

Prof.B .Gurumoorthy, the Chief Guest for the workshop is the Chief Executive, Society for

Innovation and Development, IISc. Bangalore. He briefly addressed the gathering by

mentioning the importance of IPR for manufacturing sector. He also mentioned the

importance of Incubation Centre for start-ups. He quoted that Start ups in S&T sectors filed

patents from 40 to 60%. He mentioned the importance of patent search before filing for

novelty and said that patent gives right to transact, exploit and defend.

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The Guest of Honour for the workshop was Mr.Anil.A.Uppin, MD, and Karnataka Council

for Technological Up-gradation, Department of Industries and Commerce, GoK. Mr. Anil

Uppin mentioned the Karnataka State IPR Policy which is being drafted in collaboration with

NLSIU. He said about 84 inventors were supported financially by KCTU for patent filing. He

gave practical examples in start ups by quoting the instance of Dosa making machine which

gained popularity in a short time. He also mentioned that an amount up to Rs.75lakhs is being

supported to promote women incubators/start-ups. He said KCTU has assisted 90 colleges out

of which 27 projects were selected for assistance.

The vote of thanks was delivered by Dr.S.G.Sreekanteswara Swamy, Executive Secretary of

KSCST. He thanked the dignitaries on the stage for their excellent speech involving good

information and advices to the participants. He thanked the participants from different domain

of industries and start-ups along with the organisers.

The technical Sessions were conducted as given below:

Two technical lectures were delivered in the morning Session as follows;

Introduction to IPR, Importance of IPR for start-ups

Focus on commercialization, funding for new invention/start-ups by Dr.Krishna Venkatesh

Three technical lectures were delivered in the afternoon session as follows

Legal aspects pertaining to new entities and current benefits from the Government by

Ms.Brinda Varma

Evaluation of Inventions for setting up of business by Mr. Shivakumar Nagarajan

Definition of start up, Initiatives, benefits and schemes under the Karnataka Start up Policy by

Mr.Sathyanarayana.B.V

Photographs of the IPR Workshop for Incubation centres and Start ups

Dignitaries at the IPR workshop for Incubation Centres and Start ups

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Inaguration of IPR workshop for Incubation Centres and Start ups

Technical talk by Dr.KrishnaVenkatesh,Director,CIIRC,Jyothy

Institute of Technology, Bengaluru

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Technical talk by Ms.Brinda Varma, Patent Attorney, Aekam Legal Abode

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5. a Report on IPR Entrepreneurship Development program conducted

by PIC at Acharya Business School, Bengaluru

Patent Information Centre jointly with Visvesvaraya Trade Promotion Centre (VTPC)

conducted a one day IPR Entrepreneurship Development program at Acharya Business

School, Bangalore on 18th

July, 2017.

Prof. Anil, MBA department initiated and coordinated the program.

A brief inaugural function was held where; Prof. Anil introduced the technical speakers. The

Director Dr.Venkatesh spoke briefly, about the importance of IPR and entrepreneurship in the

present world and appreciated KSCST and VTPC role to spread the concept of IPR.

Smt.Prabhavathi Rao, Program Co-ordinator, VTPC Spoke about IP and Entrepreneurship and

Key Initiatives from VTPC, Karnataka.

Shri.C.R.Pradeep, co-ordinator spoke about Key initiatives at KSCST in IP Promotion. He

highlighted about the SPP program and the IPR implications on the SPP Projects. He also

highlighted the activities of PIC.

The first technical session was presented by Ms.Bhavya, with the technical presentation on

Introduction to IPR Spectrum for about 45 minutes. The session was also followed by

Q&A.

The second session was delivered by Shri.Sudeedra Koushik, Director, Prasu and Smt. Pragya

Dixit, Director Prasu with the presentation on “The Entrepreneurship Journey” The session

went for about one and half hour. Later the session was ended by an activity based interactive

session.

The third session was delivered by Dr.Arvind Vishwanathan, IPR & Technology consultant

on “IP and Entrepreneurship: Key Insights, core focus of start-ups and case studies”.

The fourth session was an Interactive session with a successful Innovator Shri.Nivedan

Nempe, Innovator & Founder, Mystic Aromas shared his success stories in the ideation and

innovation journey.

Few students also posed questions mainly on basics of IPR, innovation, start ups and funds

for starting start-ups etc .The program was attended by mainly by graduate students. A total of

50 participants attended the workshop.

The Workshop was concluded with vote of thanks by Dr.Venkatesh, Director.

Photographs of the workshop at Acharya Business School, Bengaluru

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IPR Entrepreneurship workshop at Acharya B School

IPR Entrepreneurship workshop at Acharya B School

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6. a Report on IPR awareness Program at RR Institute of Technology,

Bengaluru Patent Information Centre conducted a half day IPR awareness program at RR Institute of

Technology, Bangalore

Prof.Pavan Reddy, Department of Mechanical Engineering initiated and coordinated the

program.

The first technical session was presented by Mr.C.R Pradeep, who initially talked about

KSCST and its ongoing projects and activities. He highlighted about the SPP program and the

IPR implications on the SPP Projects. He also highlighted the activities of PIC. Later he

began the technical presentation on Introduction to IPR Spectrum for about 45 minutes.

The session was also followed by Q&A.

The Second session was delivered by Ms.Bhavya, on Patenting Mechanism to Indian

Patent Law. The session went for about one hour. The session was also followed by Q&A.

The Workshop was concluded with vote of thanks.