Patent Search Tools for Competitive Intelligence for Product Design and Development of CBRN Decon Device

Nidhi Sandal; Prem Chand Gupta; Rakesh Kumar Sharma; Naval Kishore Sepat; Avinash Kumar

doi:10.14429/djlit.37.2.10392

Nidhi Sandal Directorate of ER&IPR, DRDO Bhawan, Rajaji Marg, New Delhi-110011, India
Prem Chand Gupta Institute of Nuclear medicines and allied sciences, Brig. S.K. Mazumdar Road, Timarpur Delhi
Rakesh Kumar Sharma Defence Defence Food Research Laboratory, Siddarth Nagar, Chamarajapuram Mohalla, Mysuru, Karnataka 570011
Naval Kishore Sepat Directorate of ER&IPR, DRDO Bhawan, Rajaji Marg, New Delhi-110011, India
Avinash Kumar Directorate of ER&IPR, DRDO Bhawan, Rajaji Marg, New Delhi-110011, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14429/djlit.37.2.10392

Keywords: Product design, Patent, Patent Map, Visualisation, Decontamination, CBRN

Abstract

Product design and development needs a lot of relevant and background information at the initial stage itself and literature review is one of the initial and important process in the new product design (NPD) process. In NPD, patent analysis is an important part of literature review, since the patent documents represent a huge reservoir of most systematic and updated information about any particular technology and product. A systematic search on a trusted global patent database with proper analytical tools could be used as powerful R&D tool to not only identify the state-of-art but also to extract leads to solution for critical R&D problems. Therefore, a focused search on professional patent database was performed to extract most relevant patent documents for R&D work related to the chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) decontamination device. Semantic keyword search and IPC based search followed by a thorough screening and analysis of the searched documents resulted in useful patent documents. These patent documents disclosed various aspects related to CBRN decontamination device which helped in the design & development of a novel CBRN Decon device.

Author Biographies

Nidhi Sandal, Directorate of ER&IPR, DRDO Bhawan, Rajaji Marg, New Delhi-110011, India

Dr Nidhi Sandal is presently working as Joint Director, Directorate of ER & IPR of Defence Research & Development Organisation under Ministry of Defence, New Delhi. She is M.Pharm from University of Delhi and Ph.d in Pharmaceutics from Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar. She holds a Post-graduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Rights from Nalsar, Law University, Hyderabad. She was awarded Thangam Vasudevan Award in 2003 and India Vasudevan Award in 2005 by Indian Association of Bio-medical Scientists. She holds 4 granted Indian Patents and 4 under prosecution. She has presented several papers in International and National conferences. She also has 8 papers published in national and international journals. Her area of interests include: Use of patent information for defence R&D projects, patentability, patent validity and opposition, Freedom to operate analysis, discovery, litigations.

Prem Chand Gupta, Institute of Nuclear medicines and allied sciences, Brig. S.K. Mazumdar Road, Timarpur Delhi

Dr Prem Chand Gupta is presently working as Scientist ‘E’ & Head of Workshop in Institite of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Sciences (INMAS), DRDO, Delhi. He did his Masters in Production & Industrial Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi in 2002 and PhD from the University of Delhi, Delhi in 2013. He has more than 11 successful products, 8 publications, one awarded patent and 2 awarded design registrations and 8 filled patents. His research interest includes: Product design, cryogenics and application of reliability and quality in product design.

Rakesh Kumar Sharma, Defence Defence Food Research Laboratory, Siddarth Nagar, Chamarajapuram Mohalla, Mysuru, Karnataka 570011

Dr Rakesh Kumar Sharma is presently working as Scientist ‘G’ & Director of Defence Food Research Laboratory, Mysore, Karnataka. He did his Masters in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from Panjab University, Chandigarh in 1981 and PhD from University of Delhi, Delhi in 1999. He has more than 30 research articles to his credit and 20 filled patents. His research interest includes: Nanomaterial synthesis, characterisation and application in drug delivery systems.

Naval Kishore Sepat, Directorate of ER&IPR, DRDO Bhawan, Rajaji Marg, New Delhi-110011, India

Dr Naval Kishore Sepat is presently working as Deputy Director, Directorate of ER & IPR of Defence Research & Development Organisation under Ministry of Defence, New Delhi. He is PhD in Agronomy from I.A.R.I., New Delhi. His area of interests include: Use of patent information for defence R&D projects.

Avinash Kumar, Directorate of ER&IPR, DRDO Bhawan, Rajaji Marg, New Delhi-110011, India

Mr Avinash Kumar is presently working as Additional Director, Directorate of ER & IPR of Defence Research & Development Organisation under Ministry of Defence, New Delhi. He is MSc in Physics from BHU & MTech in Applied Optics from IIT, Delhi. Prior to this assignment, he has worked as Examiner of Patents & Designs in Delhi Patent Office and as an Assistant Engineer in HAL Korwa Div, and then as Optical Designer in IRDE Dehradun. Presently, he is leading the IPR Group and handling entire range of IPR- related issues of DRDO including IPR-related provisions in collaborative R&D agreements.