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Speaker: Dr Iddya Karunasagar & Dr Indrani Karunasagar
Event: Invited lecture at St Joseph’s Engineering college, Vamanjoor
Topic: Demystifying patenting

Highlights of the talk by Dr Iddya Karunasagar
The presentation included the following: Regulatory framework for patenting in India, eligibility for grant of patents, examples of product and process patents, Patent act Sections and rules that exclude patents and the process and steps involved in filing a patent application, tips for carrying out "prior art search", databases for publication search and patent search, provisional and complete applications and circumstances for filing these. The timeline for different steps in patenting was also informed. Further the steps in applying for international patents and the resources available from the World Intellectual Property organization was outlined. The talk focused on preparing research application for support from funding agencies, their priority areas, general format of research proposals, identification of specific research topics and research questions, formulating objectives and work plan, outlining timelines with the Gantt chart, budgeting with justifications, major points of consideration that evaluators and expert committees would look at etc. was presented at length.

Highlights of the talk by Dr Indrani Karunasagar
How to write a good publication for knowledge dissemination was highlighted and this should be an outcome of any piece of research carried out. Why should one publish? Is there something worth publishing? Does the work add to any existing knowledge? All of these questions should be the basis of writing a paper. Deciding where to publish, keeping in mind the journal coverage and to choose the right one, the readership, the length of time from submission to publication, together with indexation , the journal impact factor and citation score should be the priorities. The audience were informed as to what the editors and reviewers look for in a manuscript. Therefore, good science which is a well planned, well executed study, with originality in it is a quality requirement. All aspects of writing of the paper were detailed. Unlike a voluminous thesis which is like a kitchen sink, the paper should be a jewel that is churned out of the thesis. The lifecycle of a publication starting from submission through the publishing process was presented. Other aspects to be borne in mind such as antiplagiarism check, consent of all authors that are crucial to quality control, to have a large readership and citation were explained. English language that would permit it to be articulate, constructive, insightful with quality parameters for good science was the focus of the talk. On a final note, the participants were informed to live with rejection, revision and refinement of manuscripts sent for publication before they rejoice its acceptance.

Event Date : 2021-01-05

Venue : St Joseph’s Engineering college, Vamanjoor

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