1. TISC & TISC Resources PRESENTED BY: JAMES TONNY LUBWAMA (Senior Examiner Patents) PREPARED BY: KAGWA JOHN MARIUS (Examiner Patents) MAKERERE UNIVERSITY July 7 th, 2016

2. Overview of presentation What is TISC? Objective of TISC Services offered TISC Resources

3. Technology and Innovation Support Centers (TISCs)? World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Initiative - Designed to provide innovators and researchers in developing countries with access to high quality technology information services and other related services. Free access to: Patent databases Science journals WIPO works with governments of its member states in establishment of TISC. URSB – National Focal Point Coordinates the activities of the national TISC network

4. Objectives of TISC program To increase availability of scientific and technical information in developing countries to help local researchers improve on the quality of their research To help local users create, protect, own and manage intellectual property rights

5. Services offered through TISC Basic services available from all TISCs include: Access to online patent and non-patent (scientific and technical) resources Access to industrial property-related publications Assistance in searching and retrieving technology information Additional services provided by selected TISCs include: Training in searching databases On-demand searches (determining novelty) Technology monitoring Basic information on registering Intellectual Property rights Basic information on industrial property management and strategy Basic information on technology commercialization and marketing

6. The World's Most Innovative Universities- Tue Sep 15, 2015 http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N11K16Q20150915 “The criteria focused on academic papers, which indicate basic research performed at a university, and patent filings, which point to an institution's interest in protecting and commercializing its discoveries.” -Stanford University - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Havard University -Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology “……. their articles and patents are frequently cited by researchers elsewhere in the academic and corporate worlds” GLOBAL SITUATION

7. Figures from the World Intellectual Organization show that in 2013, 351 applications from south Africa; 54 from Morocco Nigeria and Kenya 7 each Africa’s filings account for just 1% of the global filings. AFRICA’S SITUATION

10. TISC Resources  Free of charge patent databases PATENTSCOPE http://patentscope.wipo.inthttp://patentscope.wipo.int Espacenet http://espacenet.comhttp://espacenet.com Google Patents https://patents.google.comhttps://patents.google.com USPTO PAIR http://portal.uspto.gov/pair/PublicPairhttp://portal.uspto.gov/pair/PublicPair JPO http://www.jpo.go.jphttp://www.jpo.go.jp  Commercial patent databases - Specialized patent information Login through Insitution account username and password Free access through ASPI –Access to Specialized Patent Information LexisNexis (TotalPatent) Minesoft (Patbase) Questel (Orbit.com) Thomson Reuters (Thomson Innovation)

11. Use of Patent Information Track research activities of competitors Review trends in specific areas of technology Avoid patent infringement Draft strong patent applications

12. TISC Resources – Scientific Publications Access to over 250 key journals in various fields of research including: applied physics, engineering, chemistry and traditional knowledge Need Institution User account and password to login Some journals don’t need login accounts to access ardi.wipo.int/content/en/journals.php

13. Others Resources etisc – Social networking tool for TISC users http://etisc.wipo.org WIPO Distance learning courses - https://welc.wipo.int/ https://welc.wipo.int/ General courses – free of charge Advances courses on Patents, Trademarks and Copyright – At cost, free of through TISC

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