NOTAP Awards Patent Certificates to 41 Researchers, Inventors

National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP), has awarded patent certificates to 41 researchers and inventors, according to Mohammed Abdullah, minister of state for science and technology.

Abdullah stated this at the disbursement of NOTAP- industry technology transfer fellowship (NITTF) award letters and presentation of patent certificates in Abuja yesterday.
Maryam Zakari, press secretary to the minister, quoted the minister in statement as saying that the NOTAP-Industry Technology Transfer Fellowship (NITTF) Award is known for providing an efficient process for the acquisition and domestication of foreign technologies as enshrined in section 4(c) of NOTAP Act.
The scheme, he said, serves as a platform through which industries support the process of building the needed critical mass of skilled knowledge workers of technology transfer in the country.
The minister added that the scheme will create an impact for the federal government’s economic sustainability plan programme where researches are translated to production activities and create jobs for youths.
Mohammed also said that the overall importance of NOTAP is to upgrade research institutions. He equally enjoined other industries yet to key into the NITFF scheme to do so by sponsoring more candidates for a brighter tomorrow.
He urged patent recipients to make more efforts to move their research and development results to the market, which would boost the nation’s overall socio-economic fortunes.