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Patent Number 354498 Afterword
Date Of Certificate Issue 26/12/2020
Post Grant Journal Date 01/01/2021 As IPRs are the founding block for supporting the commercial success and thereby the growth of an enterprise
Publication Number 03/2015 or organisation, their value need to be recognisation and appreciated. While the main task of the IP Cell
of an organisation is to promote creativity and innovation; recognize, protect and maintain IPRs; monitor
Publication Date 16/01/2015 and exploit the commercial value of these and perform IP audits and valuations, capacity building of all
Publication Type INA concerned, also needs to be strengthened from time to time.
Application Number 2093/DEL/2013 During the building of an idea from concept to innovation, a simple prior-art search at the beginning not only
Application Filing Date 19/06/2013 spares the time and energy of the inventors, but also guide them to overcome the inventive-step issues. Yet,
Field Of Invention CHEMICAL this basic knowledge seems missing among the researchers and scientists, especially in agriculture research
institutions. This lack of IP awareness among science professionals and young researchers including students,
Classification (IPC) C05G 3/00 slackens their innovativeness leaving the intellectual properties generated by them unprotected. Therefore,

Inventor MANJOT SINGH, DR. SIDDHARTHA SHANKAR regular interactions between IP Cell and researchers should be promoted at institute/ college/ university
MUKHOPADHYAY, KR. KIRAN JEET levels. Researchers in the phase of ideation itself should be made aware of the criticality of desirable IP
protection. They should be hand-held in an effectual way by the IP Units of the organisations. Being in a
DR. RAJDEEP KAUR, SHIKHA SHARMA
research institute, surrounded by numerous novel technologies, we felt there is a sheer gap between the
inventors/ researchers and the IP personnel. A need in the ability to clearly demarcate different types of IPRs
among innovators has also been observed. At institutional levels a provision is required to be made, wherein
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a machine for threshing of basmati rice or other cereals. More particularly, the researchers/ scientists shall demonstrate from time to time the technologies in which they are working
to the internal review committee and the IP Cell to enable early identification of potential innovations. This
this invention relates to a threshing machine especially for Basmati Rice, in which a separation of kernels will create an environment of familiarity and regular interactions with the IP Cell, thereby protecting the
from plant parts occurs with least or no mechanical injury. It essentially consists of threshing cylinder, technologies at a very early stage.
cleaning unit, feeding system and frame. It facilitates threshing of basmati crop with the least mechanical
injury, either visible or invisible, for further seed multiplication or grain production. The present invention Another vital action to be taken by the research institutions is to perform IP audits frequently i.e. every three
is compact and equipped with farm transportation wheels. It facilitates field level threshing operation, years, thereby making decisions to put the obsolete technologies in public domain. This will save huge sum of
minimizes the problem of bulk handling and reduces losses in handling. It also comply safety norms of farm money for the organization that is spent on maintaining these patents. Last, but not the least, IP watch shall
machines. be established at the institutions to effectively monitor the IPRs filed and granted/ registered within their
prescribed timelines.
Based on the above observations, different IP departments of the government owned/funded institutions
should come forward and organize trainings/ workshops/ seminars for IPR awareness and thereby contribute
in the knowledge economy of the country. Nevertheless, the role of national IP office in creating IP awareness
among public from time-to-time basis is the need of the hour.
When it comes to the matter of technology transfer, challenges perceived at the inventor/ researcher/
scientist’s level relate to licensing of the technologies at very low technology readiness levels (>3-4), thereby
leading to change in dynamics when they are upscaled by the industries; low deliverance of turn-key projects
by researchers/ scientists due to lack of industry exposure and industry interactions and also because they
are not equipped enough to handle such projects. Another big challenge observed is that know-how based
technologies which are licensed by the institutes are not upgraded with time, thereby leaving the licensees
with a single, never evolving technology and lesser chance of renewal of license agreements. This creates a
barrier in the advancement of technologies. Hence, this practice should be circumvented.

Some of the major tech-transfer related challenges faced at the institute’s level pertained to issues related
to poor royalty realization and lack of a system of mapping of royalties. Therefore, legal services should be
provided by the institute for due incentivization of the inventors for their hard-work and to evade unforeseen
challenges in the tech-transfer matters. Other challenges at institute level comprise of inadequate budgeting

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