IP and Technology Management support

Alongside the grant schemes, BIRAC runs an in-house Intellectual Property and Technology Management cell, and it is open on a rolling basis rather than through calls. The cell does IP due diligence on proposals under BIRAC's funding schemes, and separately offers services to startups, SMEs, academia and the wider Indian biotech industry. BIRAC has also empanelled outside IP and technology-transfer firms to do the work where needed, and has set up an IP management and technology commercialisation unit at the DBT-ICT Centre for Energy Bio-Sciences.

What you get

• Patent searches: patentability, freedom-to-operate and clearance, validity and invalidity, and prior art.
• Patent drafting, filing and prosecution.
• Patent analytics — technology landscaping and IP mapping.
• IP policy development and process set-up, and patent portfolio management.
• Technology management: evaluation, marketing and licence negotiation.
• IP and technology management awareness and capacity-building programmes.
• Patent assistance funding, and support under BIRAC-PATH and as a facilitator under the Start-up Intellectual Property Protection scheme.

Who can apply

• Startups, SMEs, academia and Indian biotech industry. The PATH and SIPP support is aimed at BIRAC innovators and Indian biotech startups.

How to apply: download the application form from the IP and technology management page, have it signed by an authorised person, and name the file starting with your company or your own name.