Dominican Republic
Organizer: Oficina Nacional de la Propiedad Industrial (ONAPI)
Timeline:
Date | Activity | Content |
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Sep 1, 2015 | Public Notice |
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Sep 3 - Nov 26, 2015 | Overview workshops |
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Oct 21 - 22, 2015 | Orientation workshops |
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Jan 30, 2016 | Deadline for submission |
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April 20 - 21, 2015 | Oral presentation and final evaluation |
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April 22, 2015 | Award ceremony, and final workshop |
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Participation statistics: The competition was open to nationals and/or permanent residents of the Dominican Republic.
A public notice stated that the following groups were encouraged to participate:
- Students
- Researchers
- Inventors
Participation was either individual or in groups. 10 finalists were chosen after the initial evaluation.
Submission categories:
Of the 83 projects submitted, only 31 met the requirements for submission. 52 projects were not evaluated either due to a submission document with insufficient description or overall lack of relevance to the agricultural sector. The evaluated projects fell into 4 categories: industry, machinery, electricity and others. The thers category was further subdivided into: pesticide, fertilizers, pollination and water supply.
Category | Count of submissions | Count of finalists |
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Industry | 9 | 2 |
Machinery | 9 | 3 |
Health | 0 | 0 |
Electricity | 1 | 0 |
Construction | 0 | 0 |
Others | 12 | 5 |
Total | 31 | 10 |
Evaluation criteria:
The same evaluation criteria were used for the initial and final evaluations. The finalists and winners were selected according to the average scores given by the judges. Yet, for the final evaluation, single scores were given under each of the 4 evaluation criteria, where as for the initial evaluation, detailed sub-questions and scores were given under each of the 4 evaluation criteria.
Initial and final evaluation | |
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Analysis of the problem | 20% |
Degree of innovation | 20% |
Practical applicability | 40% |
Utilization of the patent information | 20% |
Awards:
Title | Awards | |
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First | Method and process of breeding of the Carpenter Bee of La Hispaniola as pollinator agent for crops in protected environments to improve the productivity of the plant through the improvement of pollination by insects |
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Second | System or device for water management with submersible pumps |
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Third | Oven for industrial cooking of cassava bread that uses denaturalized alcohol as fuel, elaborated from the waste (sub-products) of said process |
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Shortlisted | Certificate of Excellence issued by WIPO |
- Last updated 08 MARCH 2017
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