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are covered. These include the
polynucleotides or gene sequences,
polypeptides or protein sequences,
vectors, gene libraries, host cells,
micro-organisms and stem cells
plants and animals tissue culture,
pharmaceutical or vaccine
compositions comprising microorganisms, proteins, polynucleotides
and antibodies or antigen binding
fragments thereof monoclonal or
polyclonal.
Biotechnology Patent Facilitation
Cell (BPFC)
In order to help the patent seekers, a
Biotechnology Patent Facilitation Cell
(BPFC) has been catering to the need
of promotion of biotech research by
creating awareness and
understanding among biologists and
biotechnologists, relating to patents
and the challenges and opportunities
in this area. Apart from that, it is also
providing patenting facilities to
biologists and biotechnologists in the
country for filing Indian and foreign
patents on a sustained basis. It has
also been entrusted to keep a watch
on development in the area of IPR
and make important issues known to
policy makers, bio-scientists, biotech
industry, etc.
Guidelines on Transfer and
Intellectual Property Rights
The Ministry of Science and
Technology has issued the guidelines
"Instructions for Technology Transfer
and Intellectual Property Rights",
which would help in enhancing the
motivation of scientists, research
institutions and universities in
projects funded by the Department of
Science and Technology, Department
of Biotechnology, Department of
Scientific and Industrial Research
etc. The salient features include
ownership of intellectual property,
transfer of technology, royalty to
inventors, norms for private industry,
patent facilitating fund and
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