Republic of the Philippines TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION AND PROMOTION INSTITUTE Department of Science and Technology

1. GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR INVENTIONS - PHILIPPINES- Republic of the Philippines TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION AND PROMOTION INSTITUTE Department of Science and Technology

2. INTRODUCTION • Building IPR capacity through various programs of assistance to Filipino inventors for their inventions. • eligibility for assistance is based on merits of inventions • women avail of assistance under same terms as those of their male counterpart

3. BACKGROUND • The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) • provides central direction, leadership and coordination of all science and technology activities in the country • formulates S&T policies and programs in support of national development priorities • exercises supervision over the Technology Application and Promotion Institute (TAPI)

4. BACKGROUND • Technology Application and Promotion Institute (TAPI) • promotes commercialization of technologies • implements RA No. 7459, Inventors and Inventions Incentives Act

5. ASSISTANCE ON INVENTIONS RA NO. 7459, Inventors and Invention Incentives Act ….. the Government shall provide a program to set up a climate conducive to invention and innovation, give encouragement and support to inventors who are creative and resourceful, as well as imbued with a deep sense of nationalism, and maximize the capability and productivity of inventors through incentives and other forms of assistance and support.

6. Assistance Programs Intellectual Property Rights Assistance Program provides assistance in patenting and utility model registration to encourage creative and inventive activities and investments in R&D • Around 23 patent and utility model registrations obtained in behalf of 42 women

7. Assistance Programs Prototype Development providing financial support for the fabrication of models for testing, demonstration and promotion

8. Assistance Programs Testing Assistance • provides financial assistance for laboratory testing analyses • endorses inventors/technologists/researchers request for access to laboratory facilities of RDIs, other government offices, TAPI accredited test laboratories

9. Assistance Programs Pilot Plant Assistance provides financial/technical assistance for limited production of an invention or a utility model product for test marketing purposes • Objective: • establish economic and technical viability of selected inventions and utility models, thus, enhancing invention’s/utility model’s commerciability

10. Assistance Programs Promotion and Publication • Publication of promotional materials for patented and patent-pending inventions covering mainly printing costs of pre-determined number of publication/ promotion materials (brochures, leaflets, flyers, posters and labeled packages)

11. Assistance Programs National Inventors’ Week Celebration • Features • exhibition of commercialized inventions • product demo/ launching • seminars/ workshops/ fora • National Invention Contest (focal activity)

12. Assistance Programs Invention Contest • Categories: • Invention (Tuklas Award) • Utility Model • Industrial Design • Creative Research • Sibol Award • (Student Creative Research) Winners in the invention contest are granted cash awards / medals/ certificates

13. Assistance Programs Invention Contest • from 2001 to 2006, four (4) winners are women, one of them won several times through these years • WIPO provides Gold Medals, cash and certificates for first prize winners in Inventions (Tuklas Award) and Student Creative Research (Sibol Award) – high school and college levels

14. Assistance Programs Exhibit/ Fair • promotion/ marketing of Filipino invention products in tie-up with other government agencies, private sector and business associations covering mainly basic cost of participation and/or promo collaterals

15. Assistance Programs RA 7459, “Inventors and Invention Incentives Act of the Philippines” Tax/Duty Exemption Assistance TAPI-DOST facilitates evaluation and processing of requests for tax/duty exemption of patented inventions: • exemption from payment of license fees, permit fees and other business taxes • exemption from all kinds of taxes during the first ten (10) years from date of first sale • exemption from custom duties, import charges for raw materials, equipment needed in manufacture of technologies/ inventions.

16. Assistance Programs RA No. 7459, “Inventors and Invention Incentives Act of the Philippines” Invention Guarantee Fund • to guarantee the loan assistance of government banks for Filipino inventions • maximum guarantee coverage of P200,000

17. Assistance Programs Travel Assistance • support for participation in international invention contests/ exhibitions • limited to winners in the National Invention Contest

18. Assistance Programs Training • provides training to enhance capabilities of inventors in commercializing/ marketing their inventions • covers enhancement of entrepreneurial and technical skills

19. Assistance Programs Inventschool • Conduct of invent school program (ISP) in private and public schools in cooperation with the inventors’ groups, LGUs and NGOs to stimulate students’ interest for creativity and inventiveness

20. SUPPORT TO INVENTORS ORGANIZATION • 18 inventors organizations • - of these, 5 are women inventors organizations • - some members of women inventors organizations are also members of other organizations • funding support for organization inventor/invention related activities

21. 2008 Women Organizations Projects Supported by TAPI-DOST • 1. Women Inventors Association of the Philippines, Inc. (WIAPI) • Publication and dissemination of the Directory of the Creative Women Researchers and Patent Holders from 1958-2005 • - the database will be updated to include abstracts of inventions and researches

22. 2008 Women Organizations Projects Supported by TAPI-DOST • Invent School Program Activities in Baseco, Tondo and Payatas Areas • - to train selected out-of-school-youths in these depressed areas to become “invent-trepreneurs” • Enhancing Creative and Innovative Body and Mind Activities for a healthy, Productive and Meaningful Life through Reach Out and Read and Body Wellness Program • - a series of seminars focus on the importance of a “sound mind”

23. Women Organization Projects Supported by TAPI-DOST • 2. Women in Science and Technology Development Foundation, Inc. (WISTDF) • Mentoring Youth Through Inventiveness and Entrepreneurship System (MY TIES) • - for public awareness of the contribution and impact of Filipino inventions to health and wealth of the country and the world • - to encourage the youth to invent and innovate to help ensure their welfare and that of the nation.

24. THANK YOU!