LAHORE: The University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) Lahore in collaboration with Small & Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) organized a one-day session on free consultancy services on ‘Patent Filing’ for the UVAS faculty members at city campus on Monday. The faculty discussed their filed/prospective patent applications in their exclusive one-on-one discussion with the resource person. Assistant Controller of Patents Shakra Khurshid from Intellectual Property Organization (IPO) Pakistan was the resource person and provided a detailed guidance regarding patent drafting techniques.
Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Nasim Ahmad encouraged and appreciated the faculty members for their interest and participation in the session. He said ‘Patent’ was an emerging area in the domain of science and IP rights provide the real-time opportunity for scientists to enjoy the rights of their innovative research work. He also lauded Director Office of Research Innovation and Commercialization (ORIC) Dr Farhan Jamil, Deputy Director University-industry linkages & Technology Transfer Dr Muhammad Adnan Aslam and Deputy Director ORIC Ms Muniba Khaliq for arranging this wonderful platform for the UVAS faculty. He also thanked the Business Incubation Center (BIC) and SMEDA for their support.