Office of Research, Innovation, & Commercialization held the 5th FIPP Pre-Placement Meeting, bringing together industry partners and faculty to explore collaborative opportunities and strengthen faculty placements. Mr. Arfat Ashraf, CEO of Together, emphasized the importance of collaborative projects between academia and industry. Mr. Ahsan Shahzad, Founder of Ahsan Legal Services, offered insights into legal practice and highlighted opportunities for law faculty to acquire practical experience during placements. Law, linguistics, literature, and language faculty actively engaged in the meeting, reinforcing UCP’s commitment to bridging academia and industry. The meeting concluded with a shared vision to advance research collaboration and impactful faculty engagement.
Key topics included types of intellectual property rights, national and international patent filing procedures, commercialization strategies, and guidelines from IPO Pakistan and USPTO. Participants explored what qualifies as patentable, how to draft and structure patent applications, and how to respond to objections during the prosecution process.
The session also featured live demonstrations of online tools such as the USPTO Patent Center and the IPO Pakistan e-journal, enabling participants to track patent progress and access published applications.
By focusing on transforming academic research into tangible, commercial outcomes, the workshop encouraged faculty to pursue innovation, institutional consultancy, and long-term research impact—reinforcing ORIC-UCP’s mission to promote applied research and knowledge transfer.
