Beyond CIPTA

Based on the Judges’ recommendation, the winners of the Crown Prince CIPTA Award Competition 2023 in Category 1 and Category 2 may be offered, depending on eligibility, financial support towards filing an international application – Patent Cooperation Treaty Route (PCT) for their invention. PCT is an international treaty administered by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) with the objective to simplify the filing process of applying for patent protection in several PCT member countries.

The financial support will cover the cost of filing for patent protection, which may include:

The winning invention must meet the following conditions:

The followings are the non-patentable inventions/innovations:

  1. Under Patents Order, 2011, Section 13 (2) - "An invention, the publication or exploitation of which would be generally expected to encourage offensive, immoral or anti-social behaviour is not a patentable invention".
  2. Other ideas that cannot be patented are: