GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR INV

ENTIONS
- PHILIPPINES-
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 PROTECTION

Intellectual Property Right

INTRODUCTION

Building IPR capacity through various progra

ms of assistance to Filipino inventors for their
inventions.
• eligibility for assistance is based on merits of inv
entions

• women avail of assistance under same terms as t

hose of their male counterpart
BACKGROUND

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST)

• provides central direction, leadership and coordina

tion of all science and technology activities in the c
ountry

• formulates S&T policies and programs in support of

national development priorities

• exercises supervision over the Technology Applicat

ion and Promotion Institute (TAPI)
BACKGROUND

Technology Application and Promotion Insti

tute (TAPI)

• promotes commercialization of technologies

• implements RA No. 7459, Inventors and Invent

ions Incentives Act
 ASSISTANCE ON INVENTIONS

RA NO. 7459, Inventors and Invention Incentiv

es Act

….. the Government shall provide a program to set u

p a climate (1)conducive to invention and innovation,
give (2)encouragement and support to inventors who
are (3)creative and resourceful, as well as imbued wi
th a deep sense of nationalism, and maximize the cap
ability and productivity of inventors through (4)incen
tives and other forms of assistance and support.
Assistance Programs

Intellectual Property Rights Assistance

Program
provides assistance in patenting and u
tility model registration to encourage c
reative and inventive activities and invest
ments in R&D

• Around 23 patent and utility model registrations obtain

ed in behalf of 42 women
Assistance Programs

Prototype Development

providing financial support for the fa

brication of models for testing, demon
stration and promotion
Assistance Programs

Testing Assistance

• provides financial assistance for laboratory testing an

alyses

• endorses inventors/technologists/researchers request f

or access to laboratory facilities of RDIs, other governme
nt offices, TAPI accredited test laboratories
Assistance Programs

Pilot Plant Assistance

provides financial/technical assistance

for limited production of an invention or a
utility model product for test marketing p
urposes

Objective:
• establish economic and technical viability of selected in
ventions and utility models, thus, enhancing invention’s
/utility model’s commerciability
Assistance Programs

Promotion and Publication

• Publication of promotional materials for patented a

nd patent-pending inventions covering mainly prin
ting costs of pre-determined number of publicatio
n/ promotion materials (brochures, leaflets, flyers,
posters and labeled packages)
Assistance Programs

National Inventors’ Week Celebration

Features

• exhibition of commercialized inventions

• product demo/ launching
• seminars/ workshops/ fora
• National Invention Contest (focal activity)
Assistance Programs

Invention Contest

Categories:

1. Invention (Tuklas Award)

2. Utility Model
3. Industrial Design
4. Creative Research
5. Sibol Award
(Student Creative Research)

Winners in the invention contest are granted cash awards /

medals/ certificates
Assistance Programs

Invention Contest

• from 2001 to 2006, four (4) winners are wom

en, one of them won several times through th
ese years

• provides Gold Medals, cash and certificates for

first prize winners in Inventions (Tuklas Award
) and Student Creative Research (Sibol Award)
– high school and college levels
Assistance Programs

Exhibit/ Fair

• promotion/ marketing of Filipino invention pro

ducts in tie-up with other government agencie
s, private sector and business associations cov
ering mainly basic cost of participation and/or
promo collaterals
 Assistance Programs

RA 7459, “Inventors and Invention Incentives Act of

the Philippines”

Tax/Duty Exemption Assistance

TAPI-DOST facilitates evaluation and processing of requests fo

r tax/duty exemption of patented inventions:

• exemption from payment of license fees, permit fees and other business
taxes
• exemption from all kinds of taxes during the first ten (10) years from da
te of first sale
• exemption from custom duties, import charges for raw materials, equip
ment needed in manufacture of technologies/ inventions.
Assistance Programs

RA No. 7459, “Inventors and Invention Incentives

Act of the Philippines”

Invention Guarantee Fund

• to guarantee the loan assistance of government
banks for Filipino inventions
• maximum guarantee coverage of P200,000
Assistance Programs

Travel Assistance

• support for participation in international invent

ion contests/ exhibitions

• limited to winners in the National Invention Co

ntest
Assistance Programs

Training

• provides training to enhance capabilities of

inventors in commercializing/ marketing th
eir inventions

• covers enhancement of entrepreneurial and

technical skills
Assistance Programs

Inventschool

• Conduct of invent school program (ISP) in

private and public schools in cooperation w
ith the inventors’ groups, LGUs and NGOs t
o stimulate students’ interest for creati
vity and inventiveness
SUPPORT TO INVENTORS ORGANIZATION

• 18 inventors organizations
- of these, 5 are women inventors
organizations
- some members of women inventors
organizations are also members of
other organizations
funding support for organization inve
ntor/invention related activities
2008 Women Organizations Projects Supported b
y TAPI-DOST

1. Women Inventors Association of the Philippines,

Inc. (WIAPI)

• Publication and dissemination of the Directory of t

he Creative Women Researchers and Patent Holde
rs from 1958-2005
- the database will be updated to include abstracts
of inventions and researches
2008 Women Organizations Projects Supported b
y TAPI-DOST

• Invent School Program Activities in Baseco, Tondo a

nd Payatas Areas
- to train selected out-of-school-youths in these
depressed areas to become “invent-trepreneurs”

• Enhancing Creative and Innovative Body and Mind Acti

vities for a healthy, Productive and Meaningful Life thr
ough Reach Out and Read and Body Wellness Program
- a series of seminars focus on the importance of a
“sound mind”
Women Organization Projects Supported by T
API-DOST

2. Women in Science and Technology Development Fou

ndation, Inc. (WISTDF)
• Mentoring Youth Through Inventiveness and En
trepreneurship System (MY TIES)
- for public awareness of the contribution and
impact of Filipino inventions to health and
wealth of the country and the world

- to encourage the youth to invent and

innovate to help ensure their welfare and that
of the nation.