PIC-Kerala provides technical and financial assistance to the Government Organizations/ Departments/ Universities/ R&D Institutions / Educational Institutions and well established Non Governmental Organizations/ Professional Bodies, for organizing Seminars/ Workshops on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). The objectives of such programmes are to create awareness on the various aspects of IPR especially Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Designs, Geographical Indications, Patenting  System in India, Patent searching and filing procedures, etc., among the Scientists, Researchers, Students, Faculty, Industrialists, Entrepreneurs, Grass root Innovators and General Public. The maximum financial assistance provided for organizing a one day Seminar/Workshop is Rs. 50,000/- and for a two day Programme is Rs.75,000/-.

HOW TO APPLY

Please download the Terms and Conditions  and Application format, fill them up and send the hard copy to

The Director,
Kerala State Council for Science, Technology & Environment,
Sasthra Bhavan, Pattom,
Thiruvananthapuram – 695 00

Technical and Legal Support for filing Patents

Patent Information Centre – Kerala provides technical support for filing patents by conducting prior art patent database search to determine the patentability status of the inventions, free of cost and generating the search reports. In order to provide technical and legal assistance to the inventors for drafting and filing Patents, KSCSTE has appointed
M/s Krishna and Saurastri Associates LLP, Bangalore, as the official Patent Attorney. Also, for providing services related to Copyrights, Trademarks, Designs, GI, etc, KSCSTE has empanelled the firms M/s K&S Partners, Bangalore, M/s Gopakumar Nair Associates, Mumbai, M/s Lex Orbis, New Delhi and  M/s Krishna and Saurastri Associates LLP, Bangalores, as the Attorneys of KSCSTE.

The patentable inventions from Organizations/ Departments/ Universities/ R&D Institutions and Educational Institutions will be facilitated the filing of Patents through Patent Facilitating Centre/ TIFAC, DST, Govt. of India, free of cost.

HOW TO APPLY
Please download the Patent Facilitation Form, fill it up and send hard copy to

The Director,
Kerala State Council for Science, Technology & Environment,
Sasthra Bhavan, Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram – 695 004