THE CAVITE State University was named top IP Filer in Patent during the virtual graduation ceremony for the 3rd Intellectual Property Master Class organized by the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Research and Development.

The master class was conducted in support of the university’s Strategies in Technology Acceleration Initiatives by Nurturing the Intellectual Property and Technology Business Management Offices of the Consortia Member Agencies-Phase II funded by DOST-PCAARRD.

Its partners include the Association of PAQE Professionals and Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines and CvSU, with Dr. Teddy Tepora as program leader.

“Aside from being the lead agency for overall implementation of the program, the university is also the mentor agency for the member SUCs of the  Southern Tagalog Agriculture and Resources Research and Development Consortium under the project Sustaining CvSU’s IP-TBM Office and Enhancing IP-TBM Offices,” CvSU said.

The other mentor agencies in other regions were the Mariano Marcos State University for Ilocos Agriculture and Resources Research and Development Consortium; Bicol University for Bicol Consortium for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development; Capiz State University for Western Visayas Agriculture and Resources Research and Development Consortium; and University of South-Eastern Philippines for Southern Mindanao Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development Consortium.

The other awardees in the master class were the Don Mariano Marcos State University as Top IP Filer in Utility Model, Dyle Legaspi from University of the Philippines-Mindanao and James Andrew Imperial from Rizal Technological University as mock exam topnotcher on Chemical Patenting and Mechanical Patenting, respectively.

The first virtual IP Master Class that was conducted from July to October was composed of five modules that covered topics such as Basics of Intellectual Property, Patent Search and Prior art search, claim drafting Invention Spotting and Technology Disclosure, Legal Bases, Difference between Novelty and Inventive Step, responding to formality examinations, IPOPHL Programs, Employing the Problem-and-Solution Approach, and Actual Cases and Sharing of Patent Agents’ Experiences.