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RESEARCH INNOVATION BUSINESS UNIT (RIBU)

Aras 1, Bangunan Kejuruteraan Awam Lama, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Selangor. Tel : 03-5544 2747/2748 Fax : 03-5544 2790 Email: ribu@gmail.com.my ribuuitm@salam.uitm.edu.my

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT (IPR) APPLICATION FORM

Note : * You are required to read about IPR before submitting your application for approval. Please visit the following websites:
http://www.wipo.int/patentscope/en/patents.html http://www.myipo.gov.my/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=7

CHECKLIST (IMPORTANT)
* Note: The complete form must be sent together with:

NO 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

DOCUMENT A copy of the researcher/author/inventor(s) and members (if any) identification card/mycard Information about product A copy of a CD ( if involving software/program) Pamphlet/Brochure about the product/work (not compulsory) Drawing/photograph of the product (if applicable)

ATTACH ( )

SECTION A
1. Type Of Service Requested: [ ] b) Trademark d) Industrial Design f) Layout-Design of Integrated Circuit

a) Patent c) Copyright e) Geographical Indication

2.

Source of fund and Cluster: [ ] Cluster

Source of fund

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ICT Technical Science Engineering Science Management Science Medical Science Social Sciences and Art & Design Other

IRPA grant Fundamental grant Science fund Techno fund

3.
4.

Title of invention/work:

Project Leader:

5.

Name of Inventor(s):

8. 9.

Department/Laboratory : Faculty/Institution/Academy:

10. E-mail : 11. Telephone : 12. Fax :

Part 1 (a)
Applications relating to tangible products or processes
Please submit this form together with the patent specification as per the format given below. Each section need to be submitted or else the application will be considered as incomplete. Please refer to Attachment 1(a).

Instruction:

Format of Patent Specification

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1. Field of Invention Abstract (150 words or less) Prior Art Search (at least 5) Description of the project Claims Drawings (if any) Description of drawing

2.
3.

4.
5.

6. 7.

(b) If your application relates to a work (software, designs, drawings, literary work etc) please ignore the above.

Part 2:
Instruction:
Please visit the following website to search for prior art of your invention. Indicate your keyword used for the search in the column below. Please refer to Attachment 1(b).

List of databases: [ ] Databases

Keyword search 1. 2. 1. 2. 1. 2. 1.

1.
2. 3.

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) European Patent Office (EPO) Intellectual Property Office of Singapore

http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html

http://ep.espacenet.com/

http://www.surfip.gov.sg/

4.

The Industrial Property Digital Library (IPDL, JPO)

http://www19.ipdl.inpit.go.jp/PA1/cgi-bin/PA1INIT? 1175476102765

2. 1. 2. 1.

5.

MyIPO
http://www.mipc.gov.my/

6. Others

*Please state your finding (s)

SECTION B : PRE COMMERCIALIZATION PITCH Part 1 : Market Validation

1. What is the product/work about?

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2. Who are the customers?

3. What is the uniqueness/specialty of the product?

Part 2 : Technology Assessment 1. Novelty of the technology?

2. Usability of the technology?

3. Stage of the technology development?

Project Start Date/Project Commencement Date : Project Finished Date : Date of the work first published in Malaysia :

4. Financial Assessment?

5. Prior Disclosure (If any e.g. publication, exhibition etc)?

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I/we hereby declare that all the information above is accurate, and I/we understand that UILC has the right to reject this application if the information is discovered to be false/inaccurate/incomplete.

. Signature

Date: .

For Office Use Only:

Date application received: Submission No: Remarks

LAMPIRAN 1(a)

WRITING PATENT SPECIFICATION

1.0 PURPOSE This guideline is to help researcher prepare the patent specification document. 2.0 GUIDELINE ON WRITING PATENT SPECIFICATION 2.1 Field of Invention The field of invention is a general broad statement describing the art or technology to which the invention relates.

2.2

Abstract The abstract is a short summary of your invention and how it can be used. The abstract should consist the following; Description of the invention and what it is used for; Description of the main components and how they work; Fairly short, not more than 150 words. Description

2.3

The description starts off with general background information and progresses to more detailed information about the invention (could be product or process and its parts). The description must be written as complete and thorough as any new information to the patent application cannot be added once it is filed. Changes can only be made to the subject matter that could be reasonably be inferred from the original drawings or description. 2.4 Claims
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Each claim should be a single sentence, and where a claim sets forth a number of elements or steps, each element or step of the claims should be separated by a line indentation. The claims must particularly point out and distinctly claims the subject matter which is regarded as the invention. The claims define the scope of the protection of the patent and it is the main highlight of the patent specification.

2.5

Drawings and their description The drawings of a patent application describe the invention visually, using a chemical or mechanical structure, charts and graphs, and detailed relationships of features. The drawings contain references (numeric and alphabetic) that relate the feature described in the specification to a corresponding feature or portion shown in the drawing/image.

LAMPIRAN 1(b)

PRIOR ART SEARCH

1.0 What is Prior Art? Prior art refers to scientific and technical information that exists before the effective date of a given patent application Prior art may include; Previous patents Trade journal articles Publications (including data books and catalogs) Public discussions (conference and seminar) Trade shows Brochures Products, devices & equipments 2.0 Why to Search for Prior Art? Prior art search will help you to: understand your competition avoid patent infringement write your patent application learn more about your field of invention Save the cost of patenting process

Note: The results of a good patent search should reveal any identical, similar, or partially similar inventions to the one you might patent. 3.0 Where to Search for Prior Art?
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1.

United States Patent and Trademark Office (The USPTO)

2.

http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html Covers issued and published U.S. patents from 1790

European Patent Office

3.

www.espacenet.com Contains patents from all over the world

Intellectual Property Office of Singapore

4.

http://www.surfip.gov.sg/

Patent Cooperation Treaty Application (PCT)

5. MyIPO

http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/search-adv.jsp Contains published PCT applications dating back to 1978

4.0

http://www.mipc.gov.my

How to Search for Prior Art? An on-line prior art search can be done by a keyword search Keyword search List the keywords that you would use to describe the invention Think of all possible aspects of the invention and choose keyword that describe each aspect Note: The quality of a keyword search will depend on the appropriateness of keywords selected

PRE - PATENT APPLICATION FLOW CHART

Researcher submit

Pre Patent Document

UILC Evaluates -

No

Yes

NDA between UiTM & Venture Capitalists

IP Committee Evaluates

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Pre Commercialization Presentation

Yes

Patent Application
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No

IP Committee Evaluates

Refine Proposal

FLOWCHART PATENT APPLICATION AND GRANTING PROCEDURE (PATENT ACT 1983)

Not Complete

APPLICATION (Form 1RM200)/ (FORM 14

Completed

Not received
CORRECTIONS (3 months to submit corrections)

INVALID

ACCORDED DATE OF FILING

Received Received Noncompliance of the Act Not received

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
Accepted

CORRECTIONS (3 months to submit corrections)

REFUSED

APPLICATION LAID OPEN FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION (18 months from Date of Enforcement : 01/09/2008 priority date or filling

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REQUEST FOR SUSTANTIVE OR MODIFIED SUBSTANTIVE EXAMINATION (Form 5 RM700)/ (Form 5A RM450)

Not received

WITHDRAW N
Received

Noncompliance of Not received CORRECTIONS the Act

SUBTANTIVE EXAMINATION CERTIFICATE OF GRANT ISSUED (Fee RM150/RM100) GAZETTE

(3 months to submit

ARGUMENTS corrections)

REFUSED

APPEAL TO THE HIGH COURT (INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY)

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