Shoolini University secures 3rd Rank in the Country in filing patents

Shoolini University has secured the third rank in the country and first in Himachal Pradesh, in filing the patents by academic institutes and Universities in India.

Shoolini University has been ranked third in the country and the first in Himachal Pradesh, in filing patents by academic institutes and Universities across the country. 

As per the annual report recently released by the Office of Intellectual Rights, India, the first in the list of patent filers are the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). However, the patents filed by all the 23 IITs in the country have been merged to declare the group of institutions as the top patent filer. The rankings were declared on September 24 by the Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs, Trade Marks and Geographical Indicators under the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry's Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade.

While the report did not disclose the exact number of patents filed by different institutions, it mentioned the number of patents filed from each state.

As per the report, Himachal Pradesh has filed a total of 193 patents during April 2018 and March 2019. While Shoolini University alone has filed 185 of these patents during the period. Despite a number of institutions, including centrally funded institutions, in Himachal Pradesh, almost all patents have been filed by Shoolini University researchers who have taken the state to be among the top patent filing states of the country. The University has so far filed 425 patents since its inception.

While congratulating the faculty and students for the prestigious ranking, Professor PK Khosla, Vice-Chancellor, Shoolini University said that the rankings reflect the emphasis laid on research in the University. The university started paying focus on research in late 2014 and its researchers could file only 33 patents for the first year. It picked up the pace and has filed a total of 425 patents to date. The next step after the formal filing of patents is the publication of the patent and so far 211 of these patents have been published.

He further said that 30 of its design patents have been granted besides a trademark. He also informed that six copyrights have been granted to the University.

Though the coronavirus outbreak has slowed down the research work, the University is making efforts to expedite the pending projects, the Vice-Chancellor said. 

The University has filed the maximum number of patents in Biotechnology followed by those in engineering, basic sciences, and pharmaceuticals.

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