Research & Projects

Patent history of the University

In the University, there is a centre for Intellectual Property Management & Industrial Consultancy Centre (IPM-ICC). All Intellectual Property related and consultancy related activities of the University of Kerala are executed through this centre. Apart from this centre, we also have an IP Cell to take care of the voluminous intellectual wealth that needs to be safeguarded from manipulations and to be used for the betterment of the society at large. The IP cell facilitates patenting of discoveries by the highly industrious and dedicated researchers of the University.

University of Kerala has started its patent attempts from its earliest days. IP management of the university commenced on 1941 itself. Legal framework was amended in 1978. Five patents were granted as on date out of which one is international.

The following table enlists the patent filing of the University for the past six years.

Sl No.	Year of filing	Name of Inventors	Title of Invention	Patent details
1	2015	Dr. S.M.H Shibli	System and Method to Facilitate the Retrieval of Separated Endodontic Files from Human Root Canals.	Patent No. 3567/CHE/2015 A; date 31/7/2015
2	2015	Dr. Achuthsankar S. Nair	Ayurvedic Wound Healing Formulation for Diabetic Non Healing Ulcer and a Process for Preparation of the Same.	570/CHE/2015
3	2016	Dr. Sankar Raman	A novel method of synthesizing stabilized silver nano particles.	10/2016
4	2016	Dr. Sankar Raman	Synthesis of Metal Nano Particles using Continuous Wave Low Power Laser in Liquid Medium.	1/2017
5	2016	Dr. Salom Gnana Thanga	Biodegradation of Chlorpyrifos an organophosphorus pesticide by Ochrobactrumthiophenivorans isolated from tropical agricultural soil of South Kerala, India.	7/2016
6	2017	Dr. V.P Mahadevan Pillai	Method and Apparatus for Authenticating Security Holograms.	2/2017
7	2017	Dr. V.P. Mahadevan Pillai	Methods for performance enhancement in Excitonic Solar Cells by Plasmonic Blocking Layer.	06/2017
8	2017	Dr.S.M.AShibiliMs Archana S.R	Composite inco-operated Highly efficient and BoiFoulaing resistive Sacrificial Anode	4/2017
9	2017	Siji K. Mary Rekha Rose Koshy	Novel Method of Preparation of Nano Chitin whisker and the Fabrication of Polysacchaired / Protein bionanocomposites	04/2017

Innovation history of University

University’s history of innovations can be traced back to the Second World War time itself. As world war II caused severe scarcity of petroleum products, the newly started road transport corporation was in crisis. As ordered by the Prime Minister (Diwan) of the State, who was also the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kerala (then known as University of Travancore), research for alternative fuels was conducted. This resulted in the development of coconut shell charcoal based gas and soon buses were run at a cost cheaper than diesel.

Over the past seven decades, university had been instrumental in generating ideas that turned out as many useful products for the public. Some of the recent innovations from UoK are listed below.

SI.No.	Innovation	Potential use/value
1	Breeding technique for Annatto	Annatto, a natural food colourant is less cytotoxic than artificial colourants. Therefore, effective breeding technique for annatto trees may eventually prevent several environmental and health issues.
2	Nb2O5 Nano structured Crystalline blocking layer in solar cells	Efficiency of the cell improves by about 50% with crystalline blocking layer. Energy conservation can be addressed with the introduction of efficient solar cells.
3	Sensor to detect pesticide presence	A molecularly imprinted polymer based sensor could detect the presence of pesticides due to chemical change. With proper enforcement, this can be effective in solving health problems and even reduce possibility of cancer.
4	Method to develop Aluminium with enhanced corrosion protection.	Improves life time of aluminium products for industrial, commercial and domestic activities. Have monetary and environmental impact as reduction in unnecessary production can be anticipitated.
5	Method to Develop Galvanic zinc coating.	Suitable for general applications wherever conventional Galvanic products are employed.
6	Anti-Cancer Molecules	Turmeric derived curcumin could revolutionize health care industry with its anti cancer activities.
7	M-score	A new context specific score to assess scientific productivity with 6 point grading system. Useful to complement h and g index for scientometrics, overcoming their limitations.
8	Indices for contextual productivity assessment using network approach	A framework for assessment of Author and journal productivity in a research context using quantitative and qualitative aspects of the works is proposed. Useful for scientometrics, especially for research evaluation and policy making.
9	Method for detection of paradigm shifts and emerging fields in research disciplines.	Methods to mine citation networks of scientific literature to identify important works related to paradigm shifts and to find emerging fields is introduced. Highly useful for policy making, research planning and industrial activities.
10	Framework for interdisciplinary research assessment.	A framework that consists of quantitative and qualitative analysis methods for interdisciplinary research assessment is introduced. Can be used for research evaluation, science and technology policy making, research management.
11	QR code based blind digital image watermarking with attack detection Code.	A QR code based blind digital image watermarking technique with an attack detection feature is introduced. Highly robust method is useful for digital document security applications.