IIT Delhi files 150 IPs in 2019 – highest ever in a year

NEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi has announced that it has filed 150 patents and designs in 2019. This is the highest number the institute has ever filed in a year.

Filed by the Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT), an industry-interface organization at IIT-Delhi, the patents are at both national and international levels.

Some of the significant patents included bullet-proof clothing that enables transmission and reception of electronic signals, a method to improve (up-link time synchronization and data rate) 5G wireless communication and a water-based method to produce Warfarin, an anticoagulant agent, said Anil Wali, managing director of FITT, in a statement.

A step forward in the field of biotechnology, some of the innovations by FITT aim to revolutionise medical treatment like a wearable device to measure pulse pressure and a redesigned elbow implant that reduces bone loss during implantation.

Innovations like production of fuel from e-waste and production of liquid hydrocarbons from plastic waste represent a leap toward greater sustainability, said the statement.

“IIT Delhi has filed 150 IPs in 2019 - a 20 per cent increase over 2018 figures,” said Ramgopal Rao, director, IIT-Delhi. “Also, compared to last year, we have seen a four-fold increase in revenue from our IP licensing activities. We hope to maintain the momentum and set benchmarks in the country.”

Wali also highlighted the objective of FITT to build a platform for research, innovations, promotion of science and technology and its commercialisation.