Bhuvana Jaiganesh, the founder director of CREST is also a certified patent agent and is passionately devoted to innovation in the life sciences sectors. CREST has therefore been instrumental in steering student projects into becoming viable industrial technology. The company creates and manages IP on behalf of corporate and academic institutions.
CREST is distinguished from other organizations that provide traditional IP services through domain expertise mainly in Life sciences and other engineering sectors as well. We have dedicated people who would provide knowledge-based opinions on innovations created in various secotrs. We work with scientific groups to evolve patent strategies that would be inline with the company's agenda for new product development. This would mean that not only would we provide search reports and analysis, but would also explore avenues that would possibly avoid infringement in high-value turfs.
Apart from Ms. Bhuvana, the other experts in the patent team would include:
- Dr. Meenaskshi Sundaram, a senior advocate with a doctorate in patent law. He is also a certified patent agent and brings to the team 35 years of corporate law and litigation experience. He serves in academic bodies as well and is very involved in legal matters concerning patentable technology.
- Mr. B.Jaiganesh, another director of CREST is a Masters in Electrical Engineering from Oklahoma State University. He is one among the top power system-engineering consultants from Chennai. Besides teaching as a guest lecturer, he also works with Industry research teams to jumpstart innovation in the power energy sector.
- Mr. Narayanan Mechanical Engineering graduate from Anna University, Mr. Narayanan is also an inventor in his own technology space, he has a patent pending for a bamboo based prosthetic contraption used in amputees. He has worked in the mechanical engineering design division of TVS motors, a leading auto player in Southern India. He is responsible for assessing inventions related to mechanical engineering and design
- The team of professionals from the Biotech and chemical sectors are Postgraduates in biotechnology and chemistry with an experience ranging from 2 to 8 years in patent search.
As our focus is Life sciences, in an effort to create a robust product pipeline for Indian companies, we also assist with finding drugs that would go off patent in the near future. The exercise would help in creating a meaningful generic line.
The other traditional patent services will include:
- Drafting specification
- Filing patents in India
- Filing PCTs
- Prior art reporting
- Prior art analysis
- Reports on freedom to operate (which includes a trademark search)
The other much ignore portion of patent strategy is market analysis. We believe that a sound business strategy must complement a good patent strategy. For this reason we also conduct market analysis for the chosen product to understand the turf below resources are sunk into the product.
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