Favourite Team selected by Sakpatenti Won the Grand Prix of Competition “Leonardo da Vinci”

The authors of the project “Smart Costume NBSG – Nitinol Based Smart Gauntlets” won the title of the winner of the Competition of Young Inventors and Researchers “Leonardo da Vinci” 2021. The winners of the Grand Prix are Demetre Sazanov, Sandro Lortkipanidze and Liza Sordia, pupils of Vladimir Komarov Tbilisi Pubic School of Physics and Mathematics №199. The team inventing the “Smart Costume”, which was distinguished by innovativeness, also became the favourite selection of Sakpatenti.

Every year Sakpatenti is among the supporters of the Competition of Inventors “Leonardo da Vinci” and representatives of the Office are permanent members of the Competition commission – they participate in evaluation of the presented projects, including identification of the criteria of novelty, inventive step and industrial applicability.

The final event of the Competition, the exhibition and award ceremony, was held on November 29, 2021 online. Mr. Merab Kutsia, Head of the Department of Inventions and New Varieties and Breeds of Sakpatenti, informed the members of the favourite selected team of Sakpatenti, at the same time, the winner of the Grand Prix of the Competition 2021, about the special prize.

The Competition of Young Inventors and Researchers “Leonardo da Vinci” is an annual competition organized by Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia. It is aimed to popularize science among pupils, enhance their interest in innovations and technology and stimulate the development of their creative thinking, research and practical skills. On the basis of open competition, pupils of the 7th-12th grades of Tbilisi public and private schools endowed with an inventor’s talent are revealed and encouraged.

The driving force of the knowledge-based economy are new technologies and innovations, whereas the system of protection of intellectual property is an important tool for their development. The role of science and technologies in overcoming global challenges became obvious once again during the New Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.