IPR Cell / ITMU

 

Intellectual property management and Transfer/Commercialization of Agricultural Technology Scheme (Up-scaling of existing component i.e. Intellectual Property Right (IPR) under the new name National Agricultural Innovation Fund (NAIF)

 

 IPR Cell Co-ordinator:  Dr. Shripad Bhat, Senior Scientist

 Research Associate - Dr. Dinesh Kumar

  

 

 India being a signatory to TRIPS, in response to the changing scenario of technology generation and dissemination, ICAR has developed a policy framework that will guide the management of IP created by its scientists/innovators at its institutions or elsewhere, and that developed with its support.

            The technological assets of ICAR include a number of high yielding and resilient crop varieties, animal and poultry breeds and fish strains, packages of improved crop and animal husbandry practices, natural resource management technologies, improved tools, equipment and farm machinery, improved dairy, poultry and fisheries technologies, post harvest technology, computer software and data sets, and several other processes and products of agriculture and the allied sectors. Agricultural science has been the engine of growth and led to quantum jumps in productivity in the past. Application of ICAR technologies in farmers’ fields and backyards has increased agricultural output and farm incomes. Hence to protect all the Intellectual Properties generated in the Institutes, ICAR implemented the above scheme in all institute with the following objectives:

1.      To set in place an Institutional mechanism to protect/manage Intellectual Property (IP) generated within the ICAR system;

2.      To implement the incentive system, incorporated in the ICAR guidelines for IP management and technology transfer /commercialization and to encourage greater creativity and rapid innovativeness in the system;

3.      To maximise technology transfer by ICAR institutes and to generate income/resources through commercialization of IP

4.      The above planned scheme was implemented in ICAR Research Complex Goa from 25^th October 2008 and functioning under the executive control of ITMC (Institute Technology Management Committee)

 

At the institute level, Institute Technology Management Unit (ITMU) is constituted to process all IPR related issues which include:

1.      Consultancy related issues

2.      Paid Training Programmes conducted by the Institute.

3.      Patenting of the Institute Technology

4.      Technology Commercialization

5.      Copyright of Research and technical publications

6.      Germplasm Registration (Plant/Animal/Fish)

 

Institute Technology Management Unit (ITMU)

Sr.No	Name of the officer	Designation	Membership
1	Dr. Parveen Kumar	Director	Chairman
2	Dr. R. Ramesh	Principal Scientist (Plant Pathology)	Member
3	Dr.  A.R. Desai	Principal Scientist (Horticulture)	Member
4	Dr. Gopal Mahajan	Senior Scientist (Soil Sci.)	Member
5	Dr. Sreekanth, G.B.	Senior Scientist (FRM)	Member
6	Dr. Shripad Bhat	Senior Scientist (Agricultural Economics)	Member Secretary

The Institute Germplasm Identification Committee (IGIC) was constituted under the per view of ITMU to facilitate the process of registration of potential germplasm/Varieties/breeds/strains identified in the Institute with concerned registries (NBPGR, NBAGR, PPV&FRA and other such agencies).

Institute Germplasm Identification Committee (IGIC)

S. No.	Name of the Officer	Designation	Membership
1	Dr. Parveen Kumar	Director	Chairman
2	Dr. A.R. Desai	Principal Scientist (Horticulture)	Member
3	Dr. Manohara, K.K.	Senior Scientist (Genetics & Plant Breeding)	Member
4	Dr. Gopal Mahajan	Senior Scientist (Soil Sci.)	Member
5	Dr. Sreekanth, G. B.	Senior Scientist (FRM)	Member
6	Mr. Chidanand Prabhu	P.C. (KVK-North Goa)	Member
7	Dr. Gokuldas, P.P.	Senior Scientist (A.R.)	Member Secretary IGIC / IPR Cell Coordinator

 

IPR Cell /ITMU Activities

Year: 2018- 2019

1. Patent Filing
• Request for Examination for the patent application for technology entitled “Extender for preservation of boar semen” with application serial No. 3037/MUM/2015 was submitted to the Indian Patent office on 4th April, 2018 by patent attorney Inventillect Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd., Pune.

• As directed by IP &TM Unit, New Delhi, a meeting of the Institute Technology Management Unit was convened on 15th June, 2018 in order to facilitate filing procedures for the Patent filed by Goa University and ICAR entitled Unmanned Remote Controlled Palm tree Harvesting Robot under the ICAR extramural project. The details of the said patent application were published (on Indian patent office journal, no. 05/2019 dated 01/02/2019) and updated in the Indian Patent database with Goa University and ICAR as applicants.

2. Commercialization of technologies:
• A Techno-Commercial meeting of the Institute Technology Management Unit with the officials of Agrinnovate India Ltd. (AgIn), New Delhi was organized through web-conferencing on 3rd May, 2018. The meeting deliberated on various issues pertaining to enhancing the scope for commercialization of the technologies developed by the Institute.






3. Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) Signed:
Provisional Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) was signed and sent to National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), Chennai as a part of the procedure for getting permission for the transfer of microbial culture for research purpose. MTA was related to the request received from National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO), under Ministry of Economic Affairs, Netherlands through National Biodiversity Authority, Chennai.

4. Plant Varieties Released
Variety release proposals for the release of promising Bhendi variety developed by Dr. M. Thangam, Principal Scientist, (Vegetable Science) and two promising rice varieties (GRS-1 and JK-238) developed by Dr. Manohara, K.K. Senior Scientist (Genetics and Plant Breeding) were submitted to the State Variety Release Committee & Director, Directorate of Agriculture, Caranzalem, Govt. of Goa on 6th December, 2018. Director (A), IPR Cell and PME Cell coordinators along with scientists attended the meeting with the officials of the Directorate of Agriculture, State Seed Sub Committee for Agriculture and Horticulture crops on 13th February, 2019 at Directorate of Agriculture, Caranzalem, Goa. The varieties were accepted and released by Directorate of Agriculture as Goa Bhendi-1 and Two Rice varieties as Goa Dhan-3 and Goa Dhan-4 on 13th February, 2019.

5. Germplasm Registration:
The following IC numbers were obtained for 4 released rice varieties viz. Goa Dhan-1 (KS12/MK 021) – IC 629221, Goa Dhan-2 (KS17/MK 023) – IC 629222, Goa Dhan-3 (GRS 1/MK 025) – IC 629223, and Goa Dhan-4 (JK 238/MK 027) – IC 629224 from ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi.


6. Participation in Outreach Activities
• Information and prototypes of potential commercializable technologies developed by this Institute were showcased in the India International Science Festival-2018 (IISF Goa). CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, (NIO) in association with Vidnyan Parishad Goa, and with the support of Department of Education and Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of Goa organized the event, a state level one-day outreach program involving students and public at CSIR-NIO campus, Dona Paula, Goa on 25th September, 2018. The programme was a pre-cursor to the 4th India International Science Festival held in Lucknow and was organized in an effort to showcase the scientific and technological achievements and awareness creation among the young minds.

• Information and prototypes of potential commercializable technologies developed by this Institute was showcased and demonstrated by Goa Innovation Council at India International Science Festival 2018. The event was organized by Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Earth Sciences in association with Vijnana Bharati at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan, Lucknow during 5-8th October, 2018.

• As a part of popularizing the Institute’s technologies, Dr. Gokuldas, P.P., Scientist and IPR Cell co-ordinator, delivered a presentation on potential commercializable technologies developed by ICAR-CCARI at the Transfer of Technology (ToT) event organised by Forum for Innovation Incubation Research and Entrepreneurship (FIIRE) on 14th December, 2018 at, Don Bosco College of Engineering, Fatorda, Margao, Goa. The event was organized to showcase new commercialisable technologies and innovations before budding entrepreneurs, investors and various other stake holders and also to promote market place for new start-ups in Goa.



7. Geographical Indication

• Institute also facilitated the application process for registration of Khola Chilli for Geographical Indication through Dept. of Science and Technology, Goa and the item was listed as new application in the GI Journal No.110 dated 14th August, 2018. IPR Cell facilitated the process by providing relevant information on Khola Chilli and required linkage with farmer’s society Khola/Canacona Chilli Cultivators Group, South Goa. GI Registry, Chennai, has awarded Khola Chilli with GI Certification (Application number 618 under Class 30) on 29th August 2019.

8. Meetings Conducted:

• Organized a meeting with the officials of ICAR-NBAGR, ICAR Project Directorate on Cattle and Department of Animal Husbandry, Goa with respect to the application submitted for the registration of cattle strain Shweta Kapila.





9. Awards & Recognitions:
• Mrs Anuradha Naik, Research Associate working in IPR/NAIF Project was conferred with prestigious Nari Shakti Puraskar at the hands of Shri Ram Nath Kovind, Hon’ble President of India on 8th March, 2019 at Rashtrapati Bhawan. The Award was presented by Ministry of Women and Child Development, New Delhi for her exceptional and pioneering work done towards empowerment of tribal women in Khola village, South Goa who are actively involved in conservation of local variety of Khola chilli from generations. Registration of Khola chilli with PPV&FR Authorty, New Delhi was initiated through IPR Cell and is under process.





10. ITMU Meetings Conducted:
• Total four (4) meetings of Institute Technology Management Unit (ITMU) on following dates (3-05-18, 15-06-2018, 5-07-2018, 12-10-2018) were held at the Institute.
 

Year: 2017–18

1.   Patent Filing 

·   Complete specification for patent application for technology entitled “Extender for preservation of boar semen” with application Serial No. 3037/ MUM/2015 was published, by Indian Patent office on 17/02/2017.

 

·   Complete specification for the patent application for technology entitled “Process for preparing cashew apple crunch and resultant food product thereof” with application serial No. 201621012413 was submitted to the Indian Patent office on 7^th April, 2017 by patent attorney Inventillect Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd., Pune. The same was also published, by Indian Patent Office on 13/10/2017. 

 

·    Complete specification for the patent application for technology entitled “Process for preparing nutmeg taffy and resultant food product thereof” with application serial No. 201621012414 was submitted to the Indian Patent office on 10^th April 2017 by patent attorney Inventillect Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd., Pune. The same was also published, by Indian Patent Office on 13/10/2017. 

 

2.   Commercialization of technologies : 

·   A Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) was signed between ICAR-Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR-CCARI), Ela, Old Goa, and M/s Jenix Aquarium Private Limited, a small-scale Agri-enterprise based in Mapusa, Goa for commercialization of the Institute technology entitled ‘Process for manufacturing of Ornamental Fish Feed’ through non-exclusive licensing agreement on 12^th March, 2018. The MoA was signed by Dr. E.B. Chakurkar, Director (A), ICAR-CCARI and Mr. Janicio Fredrick Fernandes, authorized representative, M/s Jenix Aquarium Private Limited. The technology was commercialized by signing a non-exclusive Licensing Agreement for a period of three years.

·   A Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) was signed between ICAR-Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR-CCARI), Ela, Old Goa, and M/s Tanshikar Spice Farm, a small-scale agri-enterprise based in Netravali, Goa for commercialization of the Institute technology entitled ‘Process for manufacturing of Nutmeg Pericarp Taffy’ through non-exclusive licensing agreement in a function held at ICAR-CCARI on 27^th March, 2018. The technology was commercialized by signing a Licensing Agreement for a period of five years.

 

   

3.   Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) Signed: 

·   A Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) was signed between ICAR-Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Goa and Birla Institute of Technology and science, Pilani Zuarinagar Goa on 30^th August, 2017 for transfer of Microbial cultures/strains of Ralstonia solanacearum, Escherichia coli, etc. for multi-location demonstration for evaluation of variety/Hybrid/inclusion in research activity. 

 

4.   Germplasm Registration: 

·   With respect to the application submitted to the PPV&FR Authority, New Delhi (Application No: REG/2017/160) for registration of Khola/Canacona chilli as farmers’ variety, on site observations and raw data for three seasons (Vegetative stage, Flowering stage and Fruiting stage) as per DUS guidelines for Khola/Canacona chilli were recorded and final compilation was sent to the PPV&FR Authority, New Delhi on 24^th March, 2018. 

 

 

5.    Meetings / Events Organised 

·   Facilitated in organizing a Geographical Indication (GI) core group meeting at the Institute on 4^th July, 2017 to discuss and prepare plan of action for identifying potential agricultural goods/products and to initiate procedures for registration of GI certification.

 

·   Facilitated in organizing an Awareness programme on Biodiversity Act Rules and Regulations on 14^th September, 2017. Mr. Pradip Sarmokadam, Member Secretary, Goa State Biodiversity Board made a detailed presentation about Biodiversity Act, Rules and Regulations. Scientists and RA/SRF/JRF of ICAR-CCARI, along with the officials of Goa State Biodiversity Board participated in the above training programme.

 

  

 

·   IPR Cell facilitated in organizing a meeting with officials of Goa State Council of Science & Technology, Saligao along with members of Khola Chilli Cultivators' Group at the Institute on 10^th October, 2017. Meeting was convened to prepare a road map for Geographical Indication (GI) registration of Khola Chilli. 

 

6.    Training/Workshops/Seminars attended:  

·   Dr. Gokuldas, P.P. Scientist (AR) & IPR Cell co-ordinator and Mrs. Anuradha Naik, R.A., IPR/NAIF Project attended the Conference on “Affordable IPR” organized by Goa Engineering College in association with Jackfruit software and systems Pvt. Ltd on 15^th March, 2018 at GEC College Auditorium, Farmagudi Goa.

 

7.   ITMU  Meetings organized:

·   Total Six (6) meetings of Institute Technology Management Unit (ITMU) during the period on following dates (17-4-2017, 12-09-2017, 11-01-18, 13-02-2018, 5-03-2018, 26-03-2018) were held at this Institute.

 

IPR Cell /ITMU Activities

Year: 2016–17

Ø Patent Filing

· An application for provisional patent for the technology entitled “Process for preparing Cashew Apple Crunch  and resultant food product thereof” was recorded by the Indian Patent Office on 08^th  April, 2016 (“Priority Date”) vide application serial No. 201621012413.  Filing of complete specification is under process with the authorized patent attorney Inventillect Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd., Pune.

· An application for provisional patent for the technology entitled “Process for preparing nutmeg taffy and resultant food product thereof” was recorded by the Indian Patent Office on 08th April, 2016 (“Priority Date”) vide application serial No. 201621012414. Filing of complete specification is under process with the authorized patent attorney Inventillect Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd., Pune.

· Complete specification further to provisional application for patent entitled “Extender for preservation of boar semen” has been submitted to the Indian Patent Office on 10^th August 2016.

 

Ø Commercialization of technologies;

· Commercialization of the Institute’s technologies Viz.  NBSE Boar Semen Extender, Cashew Apple Crunch and Nutmeg Taffy has been initiated and under process in consultation with Agri-innovate India Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi.

 

Ø Germplasm Registration:

· An application for the registration of the microbial germplasm viz. Bacillus methylotrophicus strain RCh6-2b was submitted to NBAIM, Mau as on 15-04-2016.

· An application for the registration of the Red Amaranth Genetic Stock AtR18(IC-0598190) has been submitted to NBPGR, New Delhi on 6^th August, 2016 and was assigned with IC No: IC0598190.

·   Application for registration of “Khola Chilli” as farmer’s variety with PPF&FR Authority, New Delhi is under process.

 

Ø PPV&FRA  Awards

·   Khola/Canacona Chilli Cultivators Group, South Goa was awarded with the prestigious Plant Genome Savior Community Award by Govt. of India through PPV&FRA under the provision of section 45 of PPV&FR Act, 2001. The awards were conferred by Sri. Radha Mohan Singh, Hon’ble Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Govt. of India on 21^st December, 2016 at B.P. Pal Auditorium, Pusa, New Delhi. IPR Cell facilitated the application process to the PPV & FR Authority, New Delhi on behalf of the Farmers.

The Khola community was honoured for their contribution in conservation and preservation of Khola Chillies through generations. The villagers in the Khola village are actively involved in conservation of the traditional local variety of Chilli known as Khola / Canacona Chilli(s), along with the other local tuber crops such as Kate Kananga, Zad kananga etc. and local vegetables. This chilli has brilliant red colour with medium pungency. 

·            Sri. Prabhakar Keny, a progressive farmer from Cuncolim South Goa was awarded with ‘Plant Genome Saviour Farmers Recognition Reward 2014' by Govt. of India through PPV&FRA under the provision of section 45 of PPV&FR Act, 2001.  Shri Keny is a conserver of Cashew, Coconut, Arecanut, Mango, and Jackfruit along with spice/condiment crops such as Black pepper, Nutmeg and Vanilla.  Two promising local selection in Cashew viz. Balli- 2 and KN – 2/98 are originally located from his farm.  He has also developed a unique technique for the propagation of cashew, mango, nutmeg and jackfruit.    

                                  

Ø Events / Meetings Organised

A visit of Inspection committee for monitoring the activities of Khola Chilly cultivator’s Group with respect to the application submitted to PPV&FR Authority, New Delhi, for Plant Genome Savior Community Award (2015-16) was conducted on 7^th July, 2016. An Inspection committee was constituted by PPV&FR Authority, New Delhi, to monitor the activities of Khola Chilli Community in the background of the application submitted to the authority for Plant Genome Savior Community Award 2013-14. The committee was chaired by Dr. Narendra Pratap Singh, Director ICAR-CCARI, Ela, Old Goa with the other three members viz. Dr. R.C. Agrawal, Registrar General, Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Authority, New Delhi, Dr. N.K. Biradar Patil, Dean (Agri.), Agriculture College, Bijapur, UAS, Dharwad, Karnataka and Shri Ulhas B. Pai Kakode, Director, Directorate of Agriculture, Government of Goa, Caranzalem, Goa. All the members of the committee were present during the above visit conducted at Khola village, Canacona Goa.

  

  

Inspection committee Visit conducted at Khola village, Canacona Goa

 

2. ICAR-Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Old Goa organized a Felicitation Ceremony for the recipient of ‘Plant Genome Saviour Farmers Award’ on 10^th January, 2017 at 4.00 pm in the conference Hall of the Institute.  Dr. Narendra Prathap Singh, Director, ICAR-NIASM, Baramati was invited as a chief guest for the above programme. The awardees Shri Ratnakar Velip, President of Khola /Canacona Chilli cultivators Group along with the representative Group members and Shri Prabhakar Keny, a progressive farmer from Cuncolim South Goa were felicitated by the hands of chief guest for receiving the prestigious Plant Genome Saviour Community Award 2013-14 and 'Plant Genome Saviour Farmers Recognition Award, 2014 respectively.

     

·         Dr. Gokuldas, P.P., Scientist & IPR Cell Co-ordinator and Mrs. Anuradha N. Naik, R.A. –IPR Cell attended Awareness workshop on Intellectual Property Rights organised by Goa State Council of Science and Technology Saligaon Goa during 27 and 28^th October, 2016.

 

Ø ITMU/ IGIC Meetings Conducted:

Four (4) meetings of Institute Technology Management Unit (ITMU) were conducted during the period (Dates: 19-4-2016, 23-06-2016, 28-09-16, 11-11-2016) and one (1) Institute Germplasm Identification Committee (IGIC) was held during 23-06-16 till date.

 

Year: 2015–16

Ø  Patent Filing

1. A provisional application for patent for technology entitled “Process for preparing cashew apple crunch and resultant food product thereof” was submitted to patent attorney Inventillect Consultancy Services, Pvt. Ltd., Pune. The same has been recorded by the Indian Patent Office on 08 April 2016 (“Priority Date”) at application serial No. 201621012413. Technical Expertise: Dr. A.R.Desai, Sr. scientist (Hort.)

 

     

Cashew Apples and Cashew apple crunch

2. A provisional application for patent for technology entitled “Process for preparing Nutmeg Taffy and resultant food product thereof” was submitted to patent attorney Inventillect Consultancy Services, Pvt. Ltd., Pune. The same has been recorded by the Indian Patent Office on 08 April 2016 (“Priority Date”) at application serial No. 201621012414.  Technical Expertise: Dr. A.R. Desai, Sr. scientist (Hort.)

  

Nutmeg Pericarp and Nutmeg Taffy

 

·      An application for technology entitled “Process For Fermentation of Cashew Apple Juice Using Microbial Consortium” with (Patent No. 150/MUM/2014) has been published in official journal of the Indian Patent Office on 28^th  August 2015.

Application for filing of provisional patent application for technology entitled “Extender for Preservation of Boar Semen” has been recorded by the Indian Patent Office on 11^th August, 2015 (“Priority Date”) at permanent serial No. 3037/MUM/2015 and further procedure is under process. Technical Expertise: Dr. E.B. Chakurkar, Principal Scientist (A.R.)

 

Ø Germplasm Registration:

·      Two bacterial strains cultures Viz. Bacillus methylotrophicus RCh6-2b and Bacillus methylotrophicus STC-4 has been deposited NBAIM, Mau and assigned the following accession no. NAIMCC-B-01889 and NAIMCC-B-01890 under the technical expertise of Dr. R. Ramesh, Sr. Scientist (Plant pathology) respectively.

·      A local Pig breed “Agonda Goan Pig”, was registered with NBAGR, Karnal, Haryana, with registration no. INDIA_PIG_3500_AGONDAGOAN_09003 on 6th  January, 2015 under the technical expertise of Dr. E.B. Chakurkar, Principal Scientist, (Animal Reproduction & Gynecology).

 

Ø Applications for PPV&FRA Awards

·      Clarification and detail information with respect to the two applications from progressive Farmers of Goa Viz. Shri Prabhakar M. Keny and Shri Rajaram   Yashwant   Mavlankar were sent to Protection of Plant Varieties & Farmers’ Rights Authority, New Delhi, for consideration under ‘Plant Genome Savior Farmer Reward/ Recognition “for year 2014-15.

 

Ø MoU /  MTA Signed

·  A memorandum of Understanding  (MoU) was signed between ICAR-Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR-CCARI), Old Goa and DIVEGOA,  a private recreational diving training centre, Panjim Goa  on 30^th   September, 2015. This MoU is signed for fostering research and development activities in the area of fisheries science and marine habitat on Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode for mutual benefits.

·      A Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) was signed between Indian Institute of Vegetable Research (IIVR) Varanasi, and ICAR- Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Goa on 9-11-2015 for procurement of germplasm Viz. Brinjal Seeds for research purpose.

 

Ø Commercialization of technologies

·      Process for commercialization of the Institute Technology Viz. “Technology for production of bypass fat indigenously” is initiated with a dairy Farmer (Mr. Devendra Saju Shilkar, Goa).

 

Ø Participation in Training Programmes

·      Facilitated Awareness programme on “Protection of Plant varieties and farmers Right act 2001” organized by KVK, North Goa conducted at this Institute on 22^nd March, 2016. Member Secretary, Dr. A.R. Desai, Sr. scientist (Hort.) & IPR cell co-ordinator made a detail presentation and briefed the farmers about the PPV &FR act 2001 and also appraised them about the plant genome savior farmer reward/ recognition and Plant Genome Savior Community Award that are offered by the PPV&FR Authority, New Delhi.

   

Ø ITMU/ IGIC Meetings Conducted:

Four (4) meetings of Institute Technology Management Unit (ITMU) were conducted during the period (Dates: 1-7-2015, 5-8-2015, 30-09-15, 19-03-2016) and one (1) Institute Germplasm Identification Committee (IGIC) was held during 4-03-16 till date.

Ø IPR Training/workshop/Seminar  attended:

Research Associate attended DBT BIRAC Workshop on Bio-Entrepreneurship, Grant-Writing & Intellectual Property Management held during 18^th & 19^th February, 2016 at BITS Pilani, K K Birla Campus, Goa.

Ø Publications:

Completed documentation and compilation of Institutes publication from 1988-2014 and published the same as a Institute’s Technical Bulletin No. 52 “Bibliography of Institute’s Publications Vol-I (1988-2014)”.

 IPR Cell /ITMU Activities

2014 – 2015

 

        I.        Germplasm Registration:

 The following Germplasm was registered from this Institute

 

·          A local Pig breed “Agonda Goan Pig”, was registered with NBAGR, Karnal, Haryana, with registration no. INDIA_PIG_3500_AGONDAGOAN_09003 on 6^th January, 2015.

Scientist Associated: Dr. E.B. Chakurkar, Principal Scientist (Animal Reproduction)

 

·         Two Ralstonia solanacearum strains viz. Rs-09-161 (MTCC No.12263) and Rs-10-224 are deposited with Microbial Type Culture Collection & Gene Bank, of CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh and assigned accession number on 22^nd  October, 2014.

Scientist Associated: Dr. R. Ramesh, Senior  Scientist (Plant Pathology)

 

·          Nineteen Ralstonia solanacearum cultures were deposited with microbial culture collection of National Bureau of Agriculturally important microorganisms (NBAIM) on 2^nd July, 2014, and assigned the Accession Numbers from: NAIMCC-B-01613 to NAIMCC-B-01631.

Scientist Associated: Dr. R. Ramesh, Senior  Scientist (Plant Pathology)
 

·          Korgut, a traditional landrace of rice from Goa, having promising character of salinity stress tolerance at seedling stage, was registered with National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi and assigned with the Registration No. INGR 14055 and National Identity No. IC0599689 on 4^th September, 2014. 

Scientist Associated: DR. Manohara, K.K., Scientist (Plant Breeding)

 

·         Application was submitted to NBPGR, New Delhi on 11^th June, 2014 to obtain IC numbers for nine Amaranth and two Chilli accessions.

Scientist Associated: Dr. V. Arunachalam, Principal Scientist, (Spices, Plantation and Medicinal & Aromatic Crops).

 

 II.  Patent Applications:

·         Process for filing of application for patent for technology entitled “Extender for Preservation of Boar Semen the invention” is initiated and is under process with Inventillect Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd., Pune. The application has been recorded by the Indian Patent Office on 11^th August, 2015 (“Priority Date”) at permanent serial No. 3037/MUM/2015. 

·         Final patent application for invention entitled “Process for fermentation of cashew apple juice using microbial consortium” withPatent No. 150/MUM/2014 was submitted to the Indian Patent Office and is under process. The same has been Published in official journal of the Indian Patent Office on 28th   August 2015. 

III.  Copyright Registration

 

·          An application for copyrights protection of the software entitled “Soil test based fertilizer recommendation-Goa i.e. STFR-Goa”is submitted to the patent attorney Inventillect Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd., Pune and is under process. The application has been admitted before the Copyright Office at Sr. No. 5028/2015­CO/SW.

  

IV.  Programmes / Meetings Conducted:

   IPR Cell facilitated a “Progressive farmers meet on Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Right Act 2001”  conducted by KVK, North Goa,  at this Institute on 16^th  August, 2014,   in order to create awareness among the farming community of Goa regarding Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Right Act – 2001.

     

Member Secretary, Dr. A.R. Desai, Sr. scientist (Hort.) / IPR Cell Co-ordinator, made a presentation on “Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Right Act, 2001” at One day Awareness Training programme on “Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Right Act, 2001” organized by ICAR-Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Ela, Old Goa on 31st January, 2015.

      

I.        Applications for PPV&FRA Awards  

·      Applications from two progressive Farmers of Goa Viz. Shri Prabhakar M. Keny and Shri Rajaram   Yashwant   Mavlankar were sent to Protection of Plant Varieties & Farmers’ Rights Authority, New Delhi, for consideration under ‘Plant Genome Savior Farmer Reward/ Recognition “ for year 2014-15.

 

·      An application on behalf of “Khola / Canacona   Chilli   Cultivators Groups” was prepared and sent to Protection of Plant Varieties & Farmers’ Rights Authority, New Delhi,   for consideration under “PLANT GENOME SAVIOR COMMUNITY AWARD” from Goa, for year 2014-15.

 

II. IPR Meetings Conducted:

Total Eight (8) meetings of Institute Technology Management Unit (ITMU) were conducted during the year 2014-15 to discuss various IPR related issues in the Institute.

 

 

  

III.           Revenue generation through IPR.

S. No	Year	Details	Amount in Rs.
1	2014-2015	Contract research work under Consultancy: Amount received from M/s Cazcar Heritage Distiller, Mapusa, Goa for conducting basic research trials for technology entitled “Process For Fermentation Of Cashew Apple Juice Using Microbial Consortium”.	75,000.00

 

 

IPR / ITMU Activities (2013-14)

Institute Technology Management Unit (ITMU) Meetings Held: Six (6 Nos.)

 

Sr. No	Date	Important Decisions
1	30-04-2013	Discussion on Commercialisation of Bypass Fat Technology, Signing of MoU with CAZCAR etc.
2	29-07-2013	Discussion MoU modifications with CAZCAR with IPR Expert Dr. R.P. Nachane, retd. Member Secretary, ZTMC, CIRCOT Mumbai.
3	28-09-2013	Discussion on revised MoU with CAZCAR, Commercialisation of Bypass Fat Technology etc.
4	23-10-2013	A meeting of all the scientists with representatives of  M/s. Adviata Green energy (AGE), Margao a private firm  dealing with micro irrigation technology was convened  on 23rd October, 2013 under the per view of ITMU  of this Institute, to facilitate the activities under contract  research.
5	09-12-2013	Technology entitled “Production of Bypass Fat Indigenously for dairy animals” was commercialised. MoA was signed between ICAR Research Complex for Goa, Ela, Old Goa and Jeevan Sanjivani Rural Development Foundation, Phaltan. Dist. Satara, Maharashtra
6	17-12-2013	MoU was signed with between ICAR Resaerch Complex for Goa, Ela, Old Goa and M/s Cazcar Heritage Distiller, Mapusa, Goa with regards to development of Public private partnership and research

 

Institute Germplasm Identification Committee (IGIC) Meetings Held: Three (3 Nos.)

 

Sr. No	Date	Committee’s Approval
1	5-07-2013	Proposal for registration of Agonda Goan Pig with NBAGR, Karnal,  Haryana.
2	9-01-2014	Proposal for registration of Cowpea Germplasm accession “Goa Cowpea-3” with NBPGR, New Delhi
3	12-02-2014	Proposal for registration of Coconut Variety “Benaulim” and local Rice germplasm “Korgut”.

 

Commercialisation of Technology and Signing MoU/MoA

Institute’s technology entitled “Production of Bypass Fat Indigenously for dairy animals” was commercialised. MoA was signed between ICAR Research Complex for Goa, Ela, Old Goa and Jeevan Sanjivani Rural Development Foundation, Phaltan. Dist. Satara, Maharashtra as on 9^thDecember, 2013 in this regard.

 

1.   MoU was signed with between ICAR Resaerch Complex for Goa, Ela, Old Goa and M/s Cazcar Heritage Distiller, Mapusa, Goa with regards to development of Public private partnership and research as on 17th  December, 2013.

 

Provisional filing of application for Patent

 An application for patent for the “Process For Fermentation Of Cashew Apple Juice Using Microbial Consortium” has been provisionally filed with Indian Patent Office on  January 16, 2014 (“Priority Date”) with serial No. 150/MUM/2014.

 

Germplasm Registration

 

Ø  Six Kokum (Garcinia indica) accessions were  assigned the following IC nos. Kharekazan-1 (IC-0597955 fruits), Savoi kamini-3 (IC-0597956 fruits), Thane-3 (IC-0597957 fruits), Hedode-1 (IC-0597958 fruits), Parashte-3 (IC-0597959 fruits), Pednem Keri-1 (IC-0597960 fruits), with NBPGR, New Delhi.

 

Ø  An Application for registration of the pig viz. “Agonda Goan Pig” is sent to NBAGR with the Application No. PI-05 dtd. 19.07.13 to obtain the IC Number and is under process.

 

Ø  An application for registration of local cowpea accession “Goa Cowpea-3” is sent to NBPGR New Delhi and is under process.

 

Ø  An application for registration of local Coconut Variety “Benaulim” is sent to NBPGR New Delhi on 14^th February, 2014 and is under process.

 

Ø  An application for registration of local Rice Variety “Korgut” is sent to NBPGR New Delhi on 26^th February, 2014 and is under process.

 

 Programme Participation

 

Ø  Dr. A.R. Desai, Sr. Scientist (Hort.) & IPR Cell co-ordinator attended the training programme on “Management Development Programme on Biotechnology and Intellectual Property Rights” during 8-12^th July, 2013 at National Agricultural Research Management (NAARM) Rajendra nagar, Hyderabad.

 

Ø  Dr. A.R. Desai, Sr. Scientist (Hort.) & IPR Cell co-ordinator participated as a resource person and made presentation on “Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Act - 2001 (PPV & FR Act)” at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, South Goa , Goa on 20^th  February 2014, at Ravindra Bhavan, Margao for the awareness and training programme organised for farmers by Agriculture Department, Government of Goa.

 

 

IPR / ITMU Activities (2011-12 & 2012-13) 

·       Registration of the Mango accession Cardozo Mankurad with PPVFR is under progress

·       In response to the application submitted to PPV & FRA with regard to the registration of Cardozo Mankurad, DUS data is being generated and compilation is under process.

·       Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is signed for collaborative research project between ICAR RC, Goa and Codon Biosciences Pvt. Ltd.

·       Registration of the Mango accession Cardozo Mankurad with NBPGR is achieved with the following Registration No. INGR 11023.

·       ITMU meeting was conducted during 20^th August, 2011

·       IGIC meeting was conducted during 22^nd July, 2011.

·       Institute Germplasm Identification Committee (IGIC) was constituted.

 

IPR / ITMU Activities (2010-11) 

1.       Meeting was organised on 17^th April 2010 at the institute to brief scientists about the updates of the ZTMC meeting held at Nagpur and to highlight the importance of protecting intellectual property and the need to commercialize technologies developed at this Institute.

2.      A presentation was made on topic entitled “Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Act - 2001 (PPV & FR Act)” at Krishi Vigyan Kendra ICAR, Goa on 6^th  May 2010, for the training programme organised for farmers to make an awareness and  encourage the farmers for the conservation of traditional plant varieties with speciality traits.

3.      IPR Cell facilitated conducting of three “Paid training programmes” on “Commercial Rabbit Farming” during the year (10-12^th May 2010, 29-31^st  July 2010 & 16-18^th  December 2010), under the technical expertise of Dr. E.B.Chakurkar Sr. Scientist (Animal Reproduction) .

4.       SRF participated in Seminar /workshop on IPR “CII-MoSME Workshop on IPR for MSME- Focus Clusters - Drug & Pharma” organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and MSME during 2-3^rd November 2010 at Panjim Goa.

5.      IPR Cell co-ordinator and SRF participated in “ICAR– ZTM-BPD meeting cum workshop -West Zone” organised at CIRCOT, Mumbai on 11-12^thMarch, 2011 and IPR Cell co-ordinator made a presentation on the activities of ITMU at the Institute for year 2010-11.

6.       Publication of technical bulletin on “Cashew Germplasm of Goa : characterisation and cataloguing –I” 

7.       Application is put up to NBPGR for Registration of Mango variety “Cardozo Mankurad” to obtain germplasm registration number.

8.       IPR Cell also facilitated matters pertaining to contract services such as qualitative analysis of livestock and poultry feeds, under the technical expertise of Dr. P. K. Naik and Dr. B.K.Swain.

9.       An initiative is also taken up for obtaining copyrights for the softwares/ databases developed at this institute, by coordinating with ZTMC Zone West.

10.  IPR Cell has also purchased books on various IPR topics for the reference.

 

Infrastructure Facilities Created

Equipments purchased under the scheme include: ·         Computer along with the accessories ·         (Printer, Scanner etc.) ·         Photocopier machine ·         Air conditioner ·         Furniture
Library books and journals Purchased:
(Including IPR search and assessment tools & online registration)   One year subscription of India Patents Database Purchase of IPR related books and encyclopaedias : Total 61 Books Encyclopedia of IPR - 2,  PPV & FR – 3, IP & Information Wealth Issues -1    Copyrights, patents, design act, trademarks -6,  General IPR Books - 23,                   Cyber & computer laws – 4 General Agriculture related books - 21

 

For further Information Contact: 

 

Director

ICAR – CCARI, Ela, Old Goa.

Ph.: 0832-2284678 / 79, Fax: 0832-2285649

E-mail: director.ccari@icar.gov.in

 

 

Dr. Shripad Bhat

IPR Cell Co-ordinator

ICAR – CCARI, Ela, Old Goa.

Ph.: 0832-2284678 / 79

Email: ipr.ccari@icar.gov.in , ipricargoa@gmail.com