Deputy Director Zhang Jiankui of Shantou Intellectual Property Bureau presented the certificate to Song Boxuan

Recently, in the first Patent Retrieval and Analysis Competition in Shantou, GTIIT student Song Boxuan, from Mathematics with Computer Science (MCS) program, Cohort 2024, won the championship in the student group. Ye Xiayuan, another MCS student of Cohort 2024, received the excellence award in the student group, while Dang Wei, a lab technician from Chemical Engineering program, won the third prize in the professional group. The contest attracted a total of 138 participants from enterprises, institutions, and universities across the city. With a solid foundation in intellectual property knowledge and practical retrieval skills, GTIIT team achieved fruitful outcomes, demonstrating the university’s values of cultivating innovative practical talents.

Furthermore, in the latest data statistics, GTIIT was honored with a place in the "Top 10 in the Number of Granted Invention Patents in Shantou" for the first time.

Award Certificate 

Behind this series of good news is GTIIT's unremitting efforts in the field of intellectual property. In recent years, GTIIT has established a complete system of intellectual property pre-examination and evaluation mechanisms, always adhering to the concept of high-quality intellectual property management, not blindly pursuing quantity, but focusing on high-quality patents. It has organized a series of patent-themed lectures, diverse activities such as the April 26th Intellectual Property Day, and provided one-on-one consultation for faculty and students, earnestly supporting the high-quality development of intellectual property and the transfer of research achievements.

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Over the past three years, GTIIT has achieved an average annual doubling of patent applications, with international patents accounting for 10.3% of the total. Additionally, 15 students received funding from the Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Patent Fund of Shantou Intellectual Property Association for patents they were involved in. In 2024, a patent titled "An in vitro degradation testing device for vascular stents," led by student Shen Zhengyu, came out. This is the first GTIIT patent led by undergraduate students. Dr. Limei Cha, Director of the Electron Microscopy Center and the guiding teacher, stated that "the student simulated the corrosive degradation environment inside the blood vessels of the body using biodegradable vascular stents. The designed testing equipment can provide more accurate information than traditional solutions, thus better understanding absorbable metal implants. It’s very innovative.”

GTIIT received the 2024 Shantou Student Patent Fund

GTIIT’s high-quality intellectual property is accelerating its path to larger platforms. At the China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fair, Prof. Daniel Tan's film patent competed with more than 2,000 exhibited projects from over 800 corporate and institutional entities, winning the "The Most Valued Achievement in Investment", further unleashing GTIIT's innovative productivity.

Award Certificate

CNIPA Delegation led by its second-level inspector Yan Jie visited GTIIT

In the fertile soil of innovation, GTIIT are delivering substantial results in intellectual property protection. It will continue to optimize intellectual property protection system, driving more scientific and technological innovations to blossom and injecting momentum into the high-quality development of the university.