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Title: WIPO - Technology Innovation Support Centre (TISC)

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NRDC
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)-
Technology Innovation Support Centre (TISC

DR BIJAY KUMAR SAHU- Nodal Officer

WIPO-Technology Innovation Support Centre
First Floor, Innovation Valley, Hill No 3,Rushikonda
Visakhapatnam, AP, INDIA
Email: bksahu@nrdc.in
Mobile: 9810104163

India’s 3rdTechnology Innovation Support Centre (TISC) has been set up in National Research Development Corporation under the aegis of WIPO of United Nations through CIPAM, DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt.of India.The same was inaugurated by then Hon’ble Minister of Commerce and Industry, Shri Suresh Prabhu and Hon’ble Chief Minister Mr N Chandra Babu Naidu on 25th February 2018 at Visakhapatnam. NRDC became proud member of WIPO Green Network based on its credentials, expertise, infrastructure and activity profile.

NRDC TISC Visakhapatnam Officials with Commodore Amit Rastogi (Retd)
Chairman and Managing Director, NRDC.

The Centre was visited by Head, Technology & Innovation Support Division of WIPO and team

NRDC/TISC is providing following services to innovators, academia, industry, MSMEs and startups:

  • Facilitating access to international standard IP facilities to the innovators of the region in terms of database access for ascertaining the novelty & inventiveness
  • Filing of Patents, Designs, Trademarks and Copyrights;
  • Training & Capacity building & IP Technology Scan Reports
  • Information on global inforce/off patent industrial inventions & Government initiatives for promoting innovations & IPRs
  • Sharing of Case studies/best practices of other countries
  • Experience sharing platform
  • Facilitates IP commercialization, technology transfer & licensing.

NRDC TISC in collaboration with World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) organized
Advanced Training on Patent Search on 4 & 5th July 2018 at Vishakhapatnam

NRDC-TISC Achievements So far:

  • Received Citation as Best TISC (Technology and Innovation Support Centre) National Award for the year 2020
  • Conducted more than 230 capacity building programme on IP, Innovation, Technology transfer
  • Conducted more than 250 Patent Searches
  • Facilitated and filed 267 Patent applications with due diligence. The center has facilitated and registered about 142 Trademarks, 31 copyrights and 32 Industrial designs since inception.
  • Supporting IP facilitation to many universities, Corporate, Startups and MSMEs.
  • Trained 03 Women Scientists under KIRAN-IPR Program of TIFAC, DST, GoI.
  • Successfully transferred and commercialized more than 50 technologies.
  • Proud Partner of WIPO Green Technologies Network
  • Received much national and international recognition from various forum and agencies.
  • NRDC/TISC team mostly dominated by Women Workforce who are highly qualified and sound knowledge on TOT and IP

NRDC TISC, Visakhapatnam received Best TISC (Technology and Innovation Support Centre)
National IP Award for the year 2021 from Hon’ble Minister Piyush Goyal virtually

IPR Support and Services - NRDC/TISC

Academic institution (private or public) / Govt. Departments, PSUs, Startups, MSMEs andIndividual Innovators invited to seek or undertake invention assessment by requesting for an IP & patent search on their invention. The same may be obtained from NRDC/TISC by the following procedure:

  1. SUBMIT PATENT ABSTRACT:An inventor needs to submit an abstract describing novelty features of his invention through his head of the institution/nodal officer of IPR cell to NRDC/TISC.
     
  2. SEARCH CONDUCTED:NRDC/TISC conducts patent search/IP search based on the submitted abstract and keywords and sends the confidential patent search report to the inventor along with a questionnaire form to be filled in by the inventor in case novelty is ascertained by him.
     
  3. FILLING OF QUESTIONARE FORM:Inventor to scrutinize the patent search report and re-submit the filled in questionnaire form and other requisite documents upon establishing novelty of his invention along with request for patent filing through proper channel.
     
  4. NRDC/TISC to process the case for IP filing with respect to patentability criteria and other clearances required from inventor's institution(s) & funding agency (if any) and onward submission to PFC-TIFAC, DST-GoI.
     
  5. REPRESENTATION OF CASES NRDC/TISC:represents the cases forwarded for IP filing/  patent filing reviewedby NRDC Competent Authority. On approval, the case is allocated to an empanelled law firm for IP registration/ patent drafting & filing. Corporate and PSUs cases deal separately through mutual understanding mechanism.
     
  6. INVENTOR-ATTORNEY MEETINGS to co-ordinate inventor-attorney meetings for discussions during patent drafting &filing at Indian Patent Office.
     
  7. SUPPORT OF NRDC/TISC PRE & POST FILING: Full support of NRDC/TISC to inventor in all pre & post filing correspondences regarding the patent (Patent Office & Law firms).
     
  8. IP REGISTRATION/ PATENT FILING SERVICES INCLUDING LEGAL, FINANCIAL & TECHNICAL SUPPORT (PATENT DRAFTING, PATENT FILING FEES, ATTORNEY FEES etc.
     
    • IP/ Patent will be filed in the name of the institution where the inventor is employed or studying
    • Inventor to file for his patent prior to publishing /presenting his invention in any form
    • Inventor to furnish correct details regarding his invention (inventorship, publishing information, funding information)

Times of India published an article on Women Executives of #NRDC for driving
Innovation ecosystem at Vizag on eve of International Women’s Day

Dr. B. K. Sahu and Dr. Bhavya successfully completed prestigious DANIDA fellowship program in
“Fostering Innovation and Commercialization of IPR” at Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark sponsored by Govt. of India.

   

Certificates awarded by Kim Pedersen, Director, CBS Executive Fonden

National Research Development Corporation (NRDC), Govt of India has joined WIPO GREEN
as a partner in the WIPO GREEN TECHNOLOGY database globally. The focal point for this activity is Dr B K Sahu

VOCAL FOR LOCAL

PROMOTING INDIAN GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS REGISTERED PRODUCTS IN DENMARK

ACTIVITY REPORT OF NRDC VISAKHAPATNAM    

SL. No.

Services Provided

FY 2017-18 (From Inception 28th January 2017)

FY

FY

FY

FY

FY

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

2022-23

1

Patent Services facilitated with due diligence (Novelty Search Reports generated + Patents Filed service + Advisory)

13

43

55

66

42

48

2

Technology Transfer to MSME/ Entrepreneurs/ Startups/ Industries

5

8

10

1

14

11

3

Technologies Assigned

4

12

7

5

4

9

4

Trademark services facilitated & filed

7

15

29

23

32

37

5

Copy right services facilitated & filed

-

1

3

5

7

15

6

Industrial Design services facilitated & filed

2

4

2

11

3

10

7

Collaboration with Universities & Industry  Associations MoU/MoA Signed

5

9

19

4

4

7

8

IPR &ToT Workshops Conducted & Organized

3

7

8

1

2

9

9

NRDC/TISC officials attended for IP promotional activities/awareness programs/ seminars/ exhibitions/ stalls/ EDP

19

23

48

52

41

70

10

No of stakeholders visited NRDC /TISC

47

160

220

35

175

268

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