Patent Information Centre, Punjab State Council for Science & Technology 2.29

In the Intellectual Property Rights division of PSCST, Patent Information Centre (PIC) has been set up as a joint project of Technology Information, Forecasting & Assessment Council (TIFAC), Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India and Deptt. of Science & Technology, Govt. of Punjab since December, 1998 to create awareness on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and facilitate filing of patents from the region. The major objective of the centre is to provide patent search (to ascertain the novelty of the invention) and filing facilities (technical & legal) at the door step of innovators, researchers, R & D establishments and entrepreneurs. The centre is creating awareness on IPR issues by organizing workshops, seminars and faculty training camps. All the services of PIC-PSCST are being extended free of cost to all the academic institutions (schools, colleges and universities) and Govt. Departments/ Organizations. Based on its activities and initiatives, the Centre has been rated as category-I PIC of India by DST, GOI.