Protecting Ideas, Enabling Innovation.

The Intellectual Property Rights Cell at SRKR conducts and attends awareness programs on patents, trademarks, copyrights and other aspects of IPR, and supports faculty and students through the entire filing lifecycle — from invention disclosure to commercialization.

25+

Patents Filed

10+

IPR Workshops/Year

5+

Design Registrations

100%

Filing Support to Inventors

Services Offered

Patent Filing
01
Patent Filing

End-to-end support — prior-art search, drafting, filing and prosecution.

Trademark & Copyright
02
Trademark & Copyright

Brand & original-work protection for student and faculty projects.

Design Registration
03
Design Registration

Industrial design registration for prototypes built at IDEA Lab and I-Hub.

Patent Filing — 5 Step Process

SRKR's IPR Cell guides every inventor through a structured, standards-compliant pipeline from idea to grant.

  • Inventor submits the Invention Disclosure Form (IDF) to the IPR Cell.
  • Cell verifies novelty potential and assigns a case officer.
  • Confidentiality agreement signed with all co-inventors.
  • Search across InPASS, USPTO, EPO, WIPO PATENTSCOPE and Google Patents.
  • Patentability report shared with inventor within 15 working days.
  • Go / no-go decision taken jointly with the inventor.
  • Specification (provisional / complete) drafted with the assigned patent attorney.
  • Forms 1, 2, 3, 5 & 9 prepared and filed online via the Indian Patent Office portal.
  • Acknowledgement & application number shared with inventor.
  • Patent application published (18 months) or early publication via Form 9.
  • Request for Examination filed within 48 months.
  • Cell coordinates First Examination Report (FER) responses with attorney.
  • On grant, certificate handed over and inventor felicitation organised.
  • Annuity reminders & renewal management handled by Cell.
  • Tech-transfer / licensing facilitated via IIC & EDC industry network.

IPR Cell Committee

S.No Name Role
1 Dr. K. V. Murali Krishnam Raju Chairman
2 Dr. T. Vamsi Nagaraju Coordinator
3 Dr. K. Aruna Kumari Coordinator
4 Dr. G. Sri Bala Member
5 Dr. Bh. V. S. R. K. Raju Member
6 Dr. S. S. Mohan Reddy Member
7 Dr. B. R. K. Varma Member
8 Dr. P. Ravi Kiran Varma Member
9 Dr. Sita Rama Raju Kalidindi Member
10 Dr. G. Harish Kumar Varma Member
11 Dr. E. Ramanjaneya Raju Member
12 Dr. P. R. S. S. V. Raju Member
13 Dr. Venu Reddy Member
14 Dr. K. Bala Sindhuri Member
15 Dr. K. Tarun Kumar Member