(1) TTBDO personnel graduated from IP Master Class and Prior Arts Search and IP Audit Workshop
May 27, 2022 | RAISE
The 4th Intellectual Property Master Class which includes the Prior Art Search and IP Audit Workshop consists of five (5) modules and was conducted from March 23, 2022 to May 27, 2022. During the course of the workshop, the participants were required to have individual technology to use for each activity. The participants from UP Mindanao are Ms. Kriza Faye Calumba for mechanical patenting and her assigned technology is a study from the architecture department entitled Utilizing Extracted Waterglass (Sodium Silicate) from Rice Hull Ash as Alternative Binder to Inorganic Silicate Mineral Paint, and Ms. KC May San Miguel for chemical patenting with her assigned technology from the Department of Food Science and Chemistry department, Utilization of Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) Pod Husk to Produce Fiber-Fortified Sugar Cookies.
An introduction to the IP masterclass wherein the speakers from the Association of PAQE Professionals discussed the IP Policy Environment as well as the different types of protection during the first day of the master class. Participants were able to learn the different processes of IP assessment and application, beginning from the prior art search and invention spotting evaluation up to the preparation of the patent or utility model draft which includes the abstract, specification, claims, and drawings. Participants also had an actual filing of their prepared IP documents to the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL). Understanding the activities after the filing of protection was also simulated by providing examples of Formality Examination Reports to the participants while discussing how to craft a letter of response to the IPOPHL.
To practice and evaluate the developed skills of the participants two (2) mock exams were conducted by the APP for the assessment and filing of IP applications as well as for the analysis of FER, amendments of claims, and writing of response letters to the patent agent/ examiner. Both of the participants from UP Mindanao, KC May San Miguel and Kriza Faye Calumba, were able to pass each exam and graduated together with the other participants on May 27, 2022.
