IIT Madras files for 184 patents in 2020 despite COVID-19 pandemic

Researchers and students filed for the patents "overcoming the several months of nation-wide lockdown," the institute said.

Despite the ongoing coronavirus crisis in the country and the lockdown imposed to contain it, the researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras have filled for 184 patents in the year 2020, the institute informed.
Researchers and students filed for the patents "overcoming the several months of nation-wide lockdown," IIT Madras said in a release.

"This includes nine patents related to COVID-19 for inventions ranging from systems and methods for detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus, a standalone, portable single-use and wireless ventilator system and a system for non-invasive calibration-free blood pressure measurement," it said.

Smart and Sustainable devices for infectious mask and PPE waste treatment are among the others. Besides medical and healthcare, several patents were also filed in other areas such as 5G, telecommunications, sensors and instrumentation. Another major highlight in the patents filed for from IIT Madras has been the steady increase in international patents, it said.

From 22 in the calendar year 2017, the total number of international patents reached 65 during 2020.

"Over the years, IIT Madras has created an ecosystem that encourages and facilitates its researchers towards filing patents," the release added.

Prof. Ravindra Gettu, Dean, The Centre for Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research (ICSR), IIT Madras, said the institute has facilitated continuous support to its faculty members and students for patent filing over the last decade.

Meanwhile, the IIT Madras has invited applications for fellowships in Artificial Intelligence for social good at the Robert Bosch Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (RBCDSAI). IIT Madras is offering the fellowship in collaboration with the Narayanan Family Foundation.

The objective of this fellowship is to attract early career AI researchers with exceptional promise to RBCDSAI, IIT Madras. Highlighting the uniqueness of this fellowship, Prof B Ravindran, Head, RBCDSAI-IIT Madras said, “This fellowship is designed to enable outstanding candidates to establish their independent research profile and to contribute in a significant way to socially relevant AI research.”

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