MUSCAT: The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion (MoCIIP) has granted two patents on a device for "Tracking the locations and tracks of fishermen's boats, fishing vessels, and calculating the quantity of caught fish", and “A remotely controlling device for operating loop linkage unit".
The Ministry emphasized that the effective system of intellectual property and patents in the Sultanate of Oman in accordance with the strategic directions of Oman Vision 2040, contributes to achieve the objectives related to the performance and provision of high-quality government services.
It also contributes to create a competitive business environment that, promotes economic growth and diversification, and empowers the sector. In order to enhance the attraction of investments, as well as contributes to create a possible tool for companies and projects based on innovating new technologies, that are convertible into assets that, can be utilized commercially and industrially.
Nidaa bint Yaqoub al Tamimiyya, Head of the Patents and Industrial Designs Department in the National Intellectual Property Office, said: “The Ministry plays a major role in spreading knowledge of intellectual property rights and providing many services related to encouraging, facilitating and registering patent applications. The Ministry provides technical advice to inventors in terms of the opportunities to benefit from the databases and the technical information of patents, as it contains scientific additions, which can contribute to developing local patents, facilitating the transfer of the technology of these inventions and the possibility to use it locally.
Suleiman bin Khamis al Khawaldi and Shaima bint Taher al Saadiya, the owners of the invention of the “device for tracking locations and tracks of fishermen’s boats, fishing vessels and calculating the quantity of caught fish,” described their invention as an electronic device with assembled and programmed parts.
The device is divided into two parts, the first one is to be installed in boats, ships, trucks, or any other place in order to collect information, then to be installed on a radio to transfer the collected data, while the device is equipped with a weight sensor, theft sensor, a temperature and humidity sensor, a location sensor, and a small screen to display data. The device is linked with a rechargeable solar cell, where other services can be added whenever needed.
As for the second part of the device, it is a 7-inch screen that runs on an operating system. The screen contains a special map that its designed based on the needs of users, in addition to an interactive map, where the user can obtain all the required data, directions and voice alerts to inform the fisherman about the fishing areas and the restricted areas, as well as alerting him whenever he leave the territorial waters, informing him of the places of throwing nets and other services that the user needs, in addition to knowing the boats near him.
Badr bin Sulayem al Muqbali, owner of the invention of the “Remotely controlling device for operating the loop linkage unit, said: “The invention is a device that can replace the engineer who operates the loop linkage units in switching the status of the keys of the equipment in terms of performing the opening, closing, and grounding functions, while this device can also be controlled remotely via a wireless remote control. The device is also connected to a rechargeable battery as a powerhouse.”
The number of national applications registered in all fields of intellectual property, particularly, applications related to patents (national and international patents) during the last year of 2022, reached 85 national applications, while their number till the first half of the current year 2023, reached to 32 national applications.
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