An insight of intellectual property management practices in the Agriculture Research System

MANJU GERARD; MONIKA GUPTA; K SRINIVAS; R KALPANA SASTRY

doi:10.56093/ijas.v91i4.112659

Authors

MANJU GERARD ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM), Hyderabad, Telangana.
MONIKA GUPTA ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM), Hyderabad, Telangana.
K SRINIVAS ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM), Hyderabad, Telangana.
R KALPANA SASTRY ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM), Hyderabad, Telangana.

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v91i4.112659

Keywords:

Agricultural innovations, Patents, Technology commercialization

Abstract

Innovations are key to economic growth and are major contributors towards enhancing food security, higher social development and environment sustainability. In this study, carried out at ICAR-NAARM during the year 2020, an effort is made to understand the ongoing IP management and technology commercialization practices in ICAR and major challenges/pitfalls involved within, along with suggestive corrective measures. This paper provides evidence to measure technology outputs through patent analytics and other desk-research approaches to assess current level of technology transfer process performed by Agri-Business Incubators (ABIs) to create value and societal impact of technologies developed in the system. Results indicate active patent filings across all agricultural sectors, with a major trajectory after 2008 and a policy-based approach to spur technology commercialization in NARES. It also identifies the roadblocks with suggestive mid-course corrections.

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