MYSURU: Twenty-five patents in a span of 18 months and many more in the pipeline. This is not Japan’s Shunpei Yamazaki or Australia’s Kia Silverbrook who hold nearly 10,000 patents each, but a start-up founded by a few youngsters from Mysuru.
Allinnov Research and Development Pvt Ltd, a Mysuru-based firm, said to be the first of its kind in India offering patent landscape analysis, patent filing, product research and development, has got patents for its innovative products like toothbrush along with toothpaste, self-charging phones, self-heating coffee mugs, stored water purification device, helmet lock and many more.
While 20 of the 25 patents are in the names of persons associated with the firm, the others are in the names of those who tied up with it for assistance in product development and patenting.
The 25 patents are in the names of 300 people. The firm has more than 200 certified innovators from various institutions and industries across the country and overseas.
The efforts of the startup were acknowledged when it recently bagged the ‘National Intellectual Property Award-20i7’ in New Delhi.
Interestingly, previous winners of the award, instituted by Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (CGPDTM), include IIT-Mumbai and IIT-Kanpur, TCS and Samsung. Not just that, the firm stands seventh among leading startups in India.
Gowthami S, 27, Allinnov’s founder-cum-administrator said their aim is to develop products that are innovative and affordable to all classes of people.
“All our 25 patented products are required in day-to-day life. The helmet lock, which is inbuilt in motorbikes, is sold to Mahindra and Mahindra and is set to be adopted in the Mahindra Centuro motorcycles.”
She said that unlike others, they are ready to give their patented prototype products for free to entrepreneurs who do not think in terms of profit-making.While the stored water purification device presently available in the market costs Rs 35,000, the one Allinnov has developed costs just Rs 7,500.
Gowthami has a sparkling academic record, but surprisingly, prospective employers whom she approached did not find her suitable.
During that time, she and her friend Ramakrishna B, whom she later married, had invented the helmet lock and wanted to patent it, but no one guided them properly. This led to the birth of Allinnov.
“Seeing that there is a lack of knowledge about patents and few patents in the name of Indians, we decided to start a firm to help people get patents and also develop their products,” said Ramakrishna.
Allinnov has offices in Tamil Nadu and Telangana too where its employees not only innovate but also help others do it.
It collaborates with teams of individuals and helps develop their ideas into patentable inventions by offering technical and legal support.
Workshops are conducted in colleges to identify students and teachers with innovative ideas.
“The idea is to develop as many innovative products as possible that can help the masses,” said Ramakrishna.
Gowthami says there is poor knowledge about patents and procedures and stressed the need to create awareness about its benefits.
“Every Indian should understand that their ideas are taken to other countries, patented and brought back to our markets without our knowledge. Inventions can be made from even a common man’s ideas,” she added.