INDIA INVENTS: November 2023

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Indian patents 2022

WIPO released statistics for 2022.

Indian patent office received 77,068 applications, 38,551 from residents and 38,517 from non-residents, more than Germany, the UK, France, Russia Australia, and Canada but less than China, USA, Japan, and Korea. Patents in force are 1,28,663 with non-residents share at 81.60% and most of them are in force for more than 10 years,

Report: https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo-pub-941-2023-en-world-intellectual-property-indicators-2023.pdf

Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Technologies avialable for transfer from ICMR

ICMR listed several technologies ready for transfer.

Example- Personal cooling garment system

Salient features of the technology:  Personal cooling garment (PCG) has been designed and developed for auxiliary body cooling. The garment is useful for maintaining comfortable microclimate around the human body.  The PCG is a jacket-like enclosure system creates an interior space of microclimate for auxiliary body cooling.  The PCG is attached with a small coolant reservoir that can be clipped on the hip belt for easy carrying.  Re-circulation of the coolant is powered by a small submersible, battery operated pump immerged in the coolant reservoir.  Low temperature of the coolant creates a microclimate condition that promotes heat transfer between the wearer’s body and circulating fluid.  Easy to use and maintain PCG (filled with coolant) is light weight (~0•75 kg). The reservoir bottle and pump accessories had an additional weight of ~1 kg.  Caution is needed if the garment is not frequently used. The coolant needs to be pushed out of the tubing for hygienic reasons. Effective and use time of the garment depend on the inlet temperature of the coolant.  The product has to be tested in the work environment. Validation under process.  Indian Patent application has been filed with application no.- 2746/DEL/2012.  This technology has been developed by NIOH, Ahemdabad (an ICMR Institute)

Details: https://main.icmr.nic.in/technology?title=

Saturday, November 11, 2023

INEX India 2023, Goa

Indian Innovators Association started organizing International Innovation Fair since 2016 in association with global network partners. This year's event held in Goa attracted 100 Indian and global innovators. The yearbook 2023 was also released. Few glimpses: