Intellectual property protection plays an important role in gaining advantageous position in the competitive game for economic growth. India enjoys a large asset of R&D personnel and infrastructure facilities. Scientists and policy makers need information and facilities for protecting the products of intellectual power of Indian Scientists. As a step in this direction, a Biotechnology Patent Facilitation Cell was established by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) in July’1999.
Biotechnology Patent Facilitating Cell, a single window awareness -cum - facilitation mechanism, established under Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, aims to create awareness and understanding about Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) among scientists and researchers, by arranging workshops, seminars, conferences, etc. at all levels and for introducing patent information as a vital input in the process of formulation of R&D programmes in biotechnology and providing patenting facilities to biotechnologists in the country, for filing Indian and foreign patents on a continuous basis.
Objectives
BPFC has been established with the following objectives:
- Creating awareness and understanding among biologists and biotechnologists, relating to patents and the challenges and opportunities in this area including arranging workshops, seminars, conference, etc., at all levels.
- Introducing patent information as a vital input in the process of promotion of R&D programmes in biotechnology and biology.
- Providing patenting facilities to biologists and biotechnologists in the country for filing Indian and foreign patents on a sustained basis.
- Keeping a watch on development in the area of IPR and make important issues known to policy makers, bio-scientists, biotech industry, etc.
Achievements
During few years of its existence, BPFC has carved out a unique identity of its own among the biologists and biotechnologists in the country; with several achievements in the field of technology development in the Indian context. BPFC has facilitated filing more than 100 Indian and international patent applications out of which more than 10 patents have been granted. BPFC now look forward to Industry for taking up of these technologies to the market and to the consumers.
Patents Granted so far |
| Inventor | Title of Invention |
| International Patents |
| Dr. Asis Datta,SLS, JNU | Seed storage protein with nutritionally balanced amino composition. (3 US Patents) |
Dr. Rup Lal
Department of Zoology,
University of Delhi | A Process for development of cloning vectors. (2 Patents, Europe, USA) |
Dr. Debi P. Sarkar
Delhi University
South Campus |
- A targeted drug delivery carrier (1 Patent, USA)
- A Process for Producing a targeted gene for drug delivery carrier(1 Patent, USA)
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Prof. A. N. Maitra,
Deptt. Of Chemistry
University of Delhi,' | Particles of below 109 mm highly mono-disposed drug loaded… medical systems (1 Patent, USA) |
| Indian Patents |
Dr. Padma Sridhar
Department of
Microbiology
Osmania University
Hyderabad |
- Process of producing Cephamycin-C by Solid state formation
- Process for continuous production of Cephamycin-C by fermation.
- Process of producing Cephamycin-C by submerged batch fermentation (3 Patents)
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| Dr. Rekha Hari Das, CBT, Mall Road, Near Jubilee Hall | Process for Preparing transfer vector PCTB1 to PCTB4 for the purpose of expressing proteins for commercial use (1 Patent) |
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Awareness Creation
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Series of national roving seminars are organized on “Patenting in Biotechnology” and “IPR in Biotechnology” at various institutions and universities around the country, in collaboration with World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva, to enhance the awareness of the scientists about the inventions, process of patenting, issues in IPR in biotechnology and the strategic importance of the IPR in post-GATT era.
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Training of Scientists
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In order to promote basic understanding of patents and other IPR-related issues among the Indian scientists, and to analyze issues in the area of patenting in biotechnology, department has initiated one-week refresher courses on IPR in biotechnology for officers and scientists at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore which will be held four times in a year. The four such courses were held during the last financial year. Through these training programmes it is intended to create awareness about the need for protection of intellectual property generated by the scientists in biotechnology and its identification, utilization, IPR regime in the country and outside, the procedures and nuances of writing patent documents with description and claims and issues associated with the protection of live forms, international patenting, product patents etc.
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Facilities
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- High speed LAN based Internet connection for online patent searches using international databases, using the support services of the Biotechnology Information Centre (BTIC) at DBT, including CD-ROM based databases.
- Mechanism for obtaining full patent documents and patent searching elsewhere.
- Expert Advisory committee for advice on Patent ability of inventions and related issues.
- Panel of patent attorneys from all over the country to help BPFC in patenting activities.
- Panel of expert faculty for workshops and training programmes for creating awareness among the scientists.
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All applications will be received on prescribed format only, Which can be downloaded in the PDF format or as an MSWORD file. |
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The Programme Officer
Biotechnology Patent Facilitating CellDepartment of Biotechnology
Block II, 7th Floor, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road,
New Delhi - 110 003
E-mail : bpfc[at]dbtdotnicdotin |
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