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RESEARCH SEMINAR SPEAKER: Maricar G. Rimando & Annalie L. Rosales

THE BASICS OF RESEARCH GREEN CHEMISTRY

CHARACTERISTIC -developing processes and products to
-purposive, systematic and scientific reduce or eliminate hazardous substances
process - “Sustainable Chemistry”
STEP BY STEP PROCESS -prevent pollution
-gathering, analyzing, classifying,
organizing CHEMICALS THAT ARE LESS HAZARDOUS
PURPOSE
TO HUMAN HEALTH AND THE
- Solution of a problem
ENVIRONMENT ARE:
GOAL
-preservation and improvement of the -less toxic to organisms
quality of life -less damaging to the ecosystem
4 AIMS OF RESEARCH -not persistent or bio-accumulative
1. Verify existing knowledge -inherently safer to handle
2. Acquire new knowledge
3. Apply new knowledge SOURCE REDUCTION is a PRACTICE’
4. Advancement of the researchers -reduce the amount of any hazardous
expertise substance, pollutant, or contaminant

WHAT MAKES A RESEARCH SCIENTIFIC? SOURCE REDUCTION INCLUDES…

Apply scientific method in solving problems Modifications to equipment or tech
whether medical or technical- determine Ex. McDonald’s replaced Styrofoam
relationship between variables sandwich clamshells with paper wraps and
lightweight recycled boxes, bleached to
CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD RESEARCH unbleached paper carry-out bags,
-Realistic eliminated 150000 tons of packaging
-Systematic
-Cyclical GREEN CHEMISTRY
-Testable -Applies across the lifecycle of a chemical
-Analytical product…
-Objective -Utilization of a set of principles that reduce
-Critical or eliminates the use or generation of
-Empirical hazardous substances...
-Parsimonious
-Patient an Unhurried Activity 12 principles of Green Chemistry
-Replicable By Paul Anastas and John Warner
1. Prevent waste
CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD RESEARCH 2. Maximize atom economy
-Research-oriented 3. Design less hazardous chemical
-Efficient synthesis
-Scientific 4. Design safer chemicals and products
-Effective 5. Use safer solvents and reaction
-Active conditions
-Resourceful 6. Increase energy efficiency
-Creative 7. Use renewable feed stocks
-Honest 8. Avoid chemical derivatives
-Economical 9. Use catalysts, not stoichiometric
-Religious in working reagents
“A good researcher must be well behaved” 10. Design chemicals and products to
“A scientific research takes discipline” degrade after use
11. Analyze in real time to prevent
pollution
GREEN CHEMISTRY 12. Minimize the potential for accidents
“Green Chemistry Science in Sync with
Nature” GREEN CHEMISTRY
- Applies the principle that it is
GREEN=color of life, renewal, rebirth, better to consider waste and
energy, growth, harmony, safety, freshness, hazard prevention
fertility, ENVIRONMENT Reduce waste, material, hazard, risk,
CHEMISTRY= composition, structure and energy, and cost
properties of substances and
transformations they undergo
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RESEARCH SEMINAR SPEAKER: Maricar G. Rimando & Annalie L. Rosales

BENEFITS OF GREEN CHEMISTRY

 HUMAN HEALTH Requirements for Patent
- Cleaner Air 1. Subject matter be patentable
- Cleaner water 2. Invention be Useful
- Increased safety for workers 3. Invention be new or novel
- Safer consumer prods 4. Invention should be Non-Obvious
- Safer food 5. Written description on the process
- Less exposure to toxic chemicals and how to use it and who will use it
 ENVIRONMENT
 ECONOMY AND BUSINESS Process of Patent Registration
- Fewer synthetic steps 1. Application for Grant
Examples of Green Chemistry 2. Formality expression
1. Biodegradable Plastics 3. Prior Art Search
2. Advances in Medicine 4. Publication for Opposition
3. Research and Development 5. Substantive Examination
4. Paint and Pigment Chemistry 6. Issuance of Letters Patent Certificate
5. Manufacturing 7. Publication of Granted Patents

“Green Chemistry is NOT just a definite

solution BUT an ultimate necessity”

PATENTING AN INVESTIGATION

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Term used to describe intangible assets,
refers to the creations of mind such as
inventions

Intellectual Property Rights

RA 8293 is the law that protects product of
creation and research that form the subject
matter of IPRs

Patent
Grant by the government that allows an
inventor to maintain a monopoly on the use
and devt of an invention for a limited time.

Different types of Patents

Invention
-New
Technical
-Industrial
Industrial design
-Aesthetics

What can be Patented?

1. Product
2. process
3. Computer related inventions
improvement of any foregoing

What cannot be Patented?

1. Discoveries
2. Scientific theories
mathematical method
3. Plant varieties
4. Aesthetic creations
5. What is contrary to public order or
morality