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26.10.07

Filipino invention patenting in RP low vs foreign firms

- Patents, Science (general) -

By Alex Villafania
INQUIRER.net

IN THE LAST six years, only 96 Filipino inventions have been granted patents by the Philippine Intellectual Property Office (IPOPHIL) out of over 8,000 inventions patented in the country.

The sad part here is that very few Filipino inventors, engineers and developers know the processes that could protect their inventions.

In his presentation during an intellectual property forum at the University of the Philippines-Diliman, IPOPHIL Bureau of Patents Director Epifanio Rey Evasco said the lack of knowledge on local patenting and the requirements for patenting have discouraged Filipino innovators from filing for patents.

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25.10.07

Gov’t, media tie up to promote IPR

- Patents, Science (general) -

31.07.07

DOST agency eyes more commercially viable RP patents

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