In developed countries, the production of science and knowledge is one of the important goals of universities and scientific institutions. In this regard, the concept of intellectual property has been created with the aim of encouraging people to innovate and protect the right to benefit from their thoughts and creativity, which can have both economic and spiritual outcomes. In addition to helping the idea owners, this will also contribute greatly to the economic growth of universities, organizations, and countries. In fact, lack of familiarity with intellectual property laws at the national and international scale causes irreparable material and moral damages. This can lead to disclosure of technology and inventions and their abuse by profiteers without paying for the ideas and thoughts of their real owners. Therefore, the codification of intellectual property policies and laws is one of the most important steps to succeeding in research commercialization.

In order to achieve this important goal, the activities of Intellectual Property Office at Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, under the supervision of the Vice-presidency for Research and Technology, has officially started on May 15, 2022 with the aim of protecting the intellectual property rights of the owners of ideas entailing innovative works and issues related to intellectual property, innovation and patents in medical sciences. In this regard, the University’s intellectual property policy was codified to protect the rights related to the intellectual property of idea owners, faculty members, students and other staff of the University and establish a reliable relationship between the University and the industry and society.

The Intellectual Property Office of Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, under the supervision of the Vice-presidency for Research and Technology, has officially started to work on May 15, 2022 with the aim of protecting the intellectual property rights of the idea owners with innovative works and issues related to intellectual property, innovation and patents in medical sciences.

The Intellectual Property Center of the Health Technology Development Office of the Ministry of Health was established in October, 2021 to conduct research, quantitatively and qualitatively develop domestic and international patent, and monitor the status of intellectual property rights and commercialization.

• Providing educational programs to enhance knowledge of faculty members, students and staff owning intellectual property and domestic and international patents;
• Encouraging idea owners to create a wide range of intellectual goods with practical outcomes;
• Informing patent applicants about the required documents, different steps and timing of the patent application review process.
• Providing advice to idea owners to become familiarized with and perform the patent process conveniently;
• Providing advice about the process of receiving patent valuation certificate from the Ministry of Health;
• Identifying the best patents with the potential to be commercialized and introduced to the knowledge translation offices and the incubator centers or the Intellectual Property Center of the Ministry of Health;
• Examining the innovation and innovative features of technological projects.