UNILAG Patents 11 Inventions In 18 Months

The University of Lagos says it successfully patented 11 inventions in the last 18 months, with three of them being prototyped.

The Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, disclosed this in an interview with NAN on Wednesday in Lagos.

Ogundipe spoke about the developmental strides in the university especially in the area of research, and the successes recorded by his administration of two years.

Ogundipe who was sworn in as the 12th Vice-Chancellor of the university in 2017 and recently celebrated two years in office on Nov. 12th.

The vice-chancellor said that the administration had attracted research grants of over N7 billion.

According to the professor of botany, the institution’s Innovation Unit recently received patent certificates for six inventions submitted for patenting in February.

He said that the inventions included a Unique Improved Selected Fishing Traps by scholars of the Department of Marine Science of the university, with two others from the Nigeria Institute Of Oceanography and Marine Research.
The patent application number for the innovation is NG/P/2019/00098

The don further listed the other inventions to include Solar Power Neonate Phototherapy Device Station by scholars of the Departments of Physics and Paediatrics, College of Medicine of the university, with patent application number NG/P/2019/000099.

An Epoxy Particulate Hybrid Nanocomposite for Automobile Bumper Application, with patent application number NG/P/2019/000100 by scholars of the Dept of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering is one of the inventions.

Also, Road Vehicle Black Box Security Surveillance System, with patent application number 000101 also by scholars of the Department t of Physics of the university, is among the inventions.