Department of Science and Innovation NTUU "KPI", who heads by vice-president for scientific work academic NAN Ukraine M.U. Ilchenko, attaches great importance to improving the system of acquisition, preservation and protection of intellectual property, created at university, and stimulating creativity of researchers, teachers and students. From year to year increasing the performance of university in this area. In particular, in 2014 compared with 2013, the number of applications for industrial property rights increased from 174 to 227 and the number of security documents received - from 135 to 209.
Recognition of the achievements of our university at international level was awarding medal of "For the invention" World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) honored the inventor of "KPI" patent attorney Ukraine PhD and professor of chemical, polymer and silica engineering and chemistry engineering department Alexander Evgenievich Kolosov .
WIPO, the headquarters is located in Geneva (Switzerland), is an international organization which deals with administration of a number of key conventions in the field of intellectual property. Since 1974 also serves as the specialized agency of United Nations on issues creativity and intellectual property. Medal WIPO "For the invention" established in 1979 to stimulate inventive and innovative activity around the world. It is awarded to outstanding inventors in recognition of their contribution to the economic and technological development of the country.
O.E.Kolosov has been working in KPI since 1981. Nowadays he is known as researcher and inventor, author of 520 published scientific works and inventions, including three books concerning invention. In 2014 got the rank of "teacher-researcher of NTUU "KPI". The results of O.E.Kolosova`s inventions were used in the manufacture of high-responsible structural elements of the composite polymer materials such as carbonplastic fairing cover of rockets, Thermal panel of satellites, Size-stable parabolic shell of radio telescope, Integrated aircraft panel of Carbon plastic, impregnation-drying equipment, ultrasonic equipment, sorbing carbon materials, including medicine. O.E.Kolosov`s Development of patents demonstrated at domestic and international exhibitions of inventions and were awarded diplomas and medals. As part of collective of inventors, O.E.Kolosov was three times awarded by diplomas of Ukrainian Ministry Defense for the innovations that received the first place in military competition "The best invention of the Year". Block patents on inventions (material mark "Borisfen") was awarded the primacy in the National competition "Invention-2010" in nomination "Modern industrial technologies, new technology and materials".
O.E.Kolosov constantly promotes invention in media and in Internet network, particularly in the scientific and practical magazine "Intellectual property in Ukraine" and on own sites. He is a member of the Expert consulting committee on issues of Intellectual Property under the department of science and innovation "KPI" as a reviewer and member of the jury takes part in the Allukrainian competition of student-members of the Ukrainian Small Academy of Sciences (Department of Technical Sciences, Section of scientific and technical creativity and invention).
Let`s wish to O.E.Kolosov and all university inventors the new outstanding achievements!