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OVERVIEW
DBJ, acting through the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service implemented the Boosting Innovation, Growth and Entrepreneurship Ecosystems (BIGEE) Programme in Jamaica which is funded by the Inter-American Development Bank.
In its effort to support entrepreneurship and innovation, the BIGEE Programme has created the PATENT GRANT FUND to support new patentable inventions.
The Patent Grant aims to support research and development initiatives and innovations by providing grants to help underwrite the costs that are associated with filing patent applications locally and international.
DBJ, acting through the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service implemented the Boosting Innovation, Growth and Entrepreneurship Ecosystems (BIGEE) Programme in Jamaica which is funded by the Inter-American Development Bank.
In its effort to support entrepreneurship and innovation, the BIGEE Programme has created the PATENT GRANT FUND to support new patentable inventions.
The Patent Grant aims to support research and development initiatives and innovations by providing grants to help underwrite the costs that are associated with filing patent applications locally and international.
OBJECTIVE
To support inventions that are novel and has public utility and can be patented
ELIGIBILE PROJECTS
The projects that are eligible for financing by the Patent Grant include:
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Patent application fees - To cover drafting and filing, amendments, examiner review
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Engaging an approved Patent Attorney to conduct prefiling search; assessment; drafting and filing, amendments; and preparing other miscellaneous documents (assignments, declarations, and power of attorney).
Provisional and non-provisional patent applications
UNPATENTABLE PROJECTS
- Methods for performing Mental acts and Mathematical Algorithms or formulas,
Naturally occurring things,
Scientific principles,
Schemes
Rules and playing games
Methods doing business
Programs for computers
Business Methods
Weapons
LIST OF TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALISATION OFFICES (TCO)
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Scientific Research Council (SRC) in partnership with the Caribbean Climate Innovation Centre (CCIC)
Northern Caribbean University (NCU)
University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech)
University of the West Indies (UWI)