Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (KSCST) is developing an app-based networking platform called “Patentkart” for commercialisation of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs).
An initiative under ‘Make in India’, Patentkart is expected to benefit patent holders and their clients in commercialising their IP, said Science and Technology Minister C N Ashwath Nararayan. The app will be functional by early 2023.
More than 700 patents have been filed by KSCST-assisted IP cells in the past three years. “More than ten have been granted and the rest are in process,” it said. “Karnataka State has topped the India Innovation Index for three successive terms.