Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, filed 107 patents in 2021, making it the highest number of Intellectual Property Rights ever filed by the institute. IIT Kanpur broke its record of 76 patents filed in 2019.
The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur has filed 107 patents, including 97 national and 10 international, in the calendar year 2021, making it the highest number of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) ever filed by the institute by breaking its earlier record of 76 patents filed in 2019, said IIT Kanpur director prof Abhay Karandikar in a press release.
“IIT Kanpur has reached a gross total of 810 IPRs over the period of time. With an exceptional technology transfer rate of 15.2% to industry partners from the total patents filed, the institute filed a record-breaking 107 patents in this calendar year,” prof Karandikar said.
According to him, the patents included inventions ranging from MedTech to Nano technology. In view of the institute’s relentless contribution to the national efforts of mitigating the novel coronavirus pandemic, several Covid-related measures and inventions were protected through patent applications during the calendar year, he said.
Two of the most prominent inventions included reusable face mask consisting PVDF composite nanofibres and nasal spray formulation against COVID-19 and related respiratory viruses.
The institute addressed the nation’s oxygen crisis during the second wave of Covid by developing and commercialising two types of oxygen concentrators by transferring the said technology to six different companies,” the press release said.
The technology transfer was part of the Mission Bharat O2 project wherein thousands of oxygen concentrators were manufactured having capacity ranging from 10 litre per minute (LPM) to 500 LPM, an official said.
