3. USPTO Sta)s)cs
1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009
SOUTH AFRICA 110 120 112 87 82 93
CHINA 90 195 297 402 772 1655
INDIA 112 178 342 384 546 679
SINGAPORE 144 296 427 346 393 436
CHINA,HONG KONG
S.A.R. 155 237 276 283 338 305
BRAZIL 91 110 130 77 90 103
NEW ZEALAND 114 124 135 122 113 127
IRELAND 90 141 163 156 146 177
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 181 234 203 148 188 196
MEXICO 76 81 85 80 56 60
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4. III Background
• Established in 1974
• Provided support to a number of inventors
and commercialised many inven$ons over
the years
• Revived in 2010
• Registered as a Sec$on 21 company
• Received funding from the IDC to start
opera$ons
Our Mandate:
To assist inventors and innovators from
concept‐to‐commercializa$on
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5. What do inventors need?
• Training – on various aspects around inven$ng, par$cularly legal and
market related issues
• Contact with designers, manufacturers, marketers and other service
providers
• More inven$on exhibi$ons
• A manual to get from concept to commercializa$on
• Pictures of members inven$ons
• Opportunity to interact with other members
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6. Inventors and Innovators Needs
Is there assistance available from start to finish?
Department Science Department Trade and
and Technology Industry
Business
Feasibility Plan /Raise
Develop Capital Patent
Concept Study
Research Market Prototype Commer
and Develop research cialize
and
Strategy
Dev.
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7. How do we assist inventors?
Branch Mee)ngs – networking, informa)on exchange
(Gauteng monthly and Cape Town Quarterly)
• Eminent speakers that have addressed our members this year
include:
• Willie van Straaten (ex Verimark)
• Kerryne Krause Neufeldt (Eyeslices)
• Pavlo Phi$dis (Aurik Incubator/Radio Personality)
• Regular a`endance of between 50‐100 members
Members comments:
“I want to get my inven$on working asap aber hearing that”
“I need the speakers contact details, we need
to chat”
“We need more III ac$vi$es in Cape Town”
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8. How do we Assist Inventors
Pitch‐it‐to‐the‐Panel
• Our Expert Panel volunteer their $me on a Saturday to assist
IP a`orney Industrial Designer
Inventor Market Research/
Commercialisa$on Funder (Public and Private)
• Currently nego$a$ng with FNB to fund this project from next year
• This year 3 sessions in Gauteng and 1 in Cape Town
• Would like to increase the frequency next year and include Eastern Cape
and KZN
Members Comments
“Just to thank you so very much for the Pitch‐it event of Saturday.
It really meant very much to me, to share and discuss the inven<on, with
you all. I have come home with a lot of new thinking and the
necessary contacts.”
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16. Conclusion
Future Impact of the III
1. Promote, nurture, enhance a culture of innova$on in
South Africa
2. Raise issues around innova$on in public fora and raise
awareness on issues of innova$on
3. Develop SA capacity – inven$on, innova$on, IP
4. Create a consistent pipe line of globally compe$$ve
innova$ons
5. Increase success rate – reduce failure & risk
6. Reduce cost & $me to market in South African inven$ons
7. Increase local & interna$onal investment in SA
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17. Contact Us
18 St John Road
Houghton
Jhb
Email: ravini@iii.org.za
Tel. 011 487 1536
www.iii.org.za
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