The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) has filed for 184 Patents in the year 2020. This could be seen as remarkable achievement of IIT Madras. In the year 2020 institute was non-functional for most of the times due to Covid-19 Pandemic.
In the year 2017 total international patents were 22, however, this year number has risen to 65. Researchers and students filed for the patents “overcoming the several months of nation-wide lockdown,” the IITM has said in a release.
“This includes nine patents related to COVID-19 for inventions ranging from systems and methods for detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus, a standalone, portable single-use and wireless ventilator system and a system for non-invasive calibration-free blood pressure measurement,” it said.
“Over the years, IIT Madras has created an ecosystem that encourages and facilitates its researchers towards filing patents,” the release added. The patents are filled in areas like medical and healthcare, 5G, telecommunications, sensors and instrumentation etc. Also, the institute has filed patent for Smart and Sustainable devices for infectious mask and PPE waste treatment.
