Sakpatenti will Award a Special Prize for the Project Satisfying the Patentability Criteria, Presented at the Millennium Innovation Award Competition

Sakpatenti organized a webinar “Intellectual Property - from Idea to Innovation” for the finalists of the Millennium Innovation Award Competition. The participants received detailed information on procedures of obtaining a patent and rules of drafting an application for preliminary patent search. In 2022 Sakpatenti offers a special prize for projects which will satisfy the patentability criteria, it should include novelty, inventive step and industrial applicability. To evaluate those criteria’s, the finalist teams can submit an electronic application for preliminary search at Sakpatenti, according to search reports Sakpatenti will nominate team for special prize. 

The two-hour webinar was attended by members of the finalist teams of the Millennium Innovation Award Competition 2022 and their instructors.  Mr. Merab Kutsia, Head of the Department of Inventions and New Varieties and Breeds of Sakpatenti introduced to attendees Sakpatenti activities, the importance of intellectual property and other topics of interest. Simultaneously, he is a member of the jury of the Innovations competition and evaluates the innovative projects presented by the competition participants in the technology, engineering and natural science. 

Currently, competition is on a third stage, the finalist teams are preparing to submit the completed projects to the jury. The Award Ceremony of the Millennium Innovation Competition 2022 is scheduled for the summer.  The winner(s) will participate in international STEM camps in the USA and/or Europe.

The Millennium Foundation, with the financial support of the U.S. Embassy, organizes the Millennium Innovations Award competition since 2014. The competition is annual event. It’s main objective is to stimulate high school pupils to implement innovative ideas and projects in the fields of natural science and technologies. Every year Sakpatenti expresses readiness of cooperation with the competition organizers and is actively engaged in the activities directed at raising awareness on the intellectual property field.