Technologies Licensed

Leather Shaving Blades

Setting a new precedent of technology transfer to industry, National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) has licensed two Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) to the industry, relating to fleshing and shaving blades used in Pakistani tanneries sector. The licencing agreements were signed between NUST and M/s Shafi Reso Chemical (SRC), Lahore, on April 25, 2018.
There are about 150 leather processing firms in Pakistan that spend nearly PKR 5 Million per firm per year on the import of fleshing and shaving blades, making an annual market of PKR 750 Million. In the absence of locally available quality blades, the leather manufacturers have no choice but to opt for imported ones. Under the licenced agreement, M/s SRC Lahore will now manufacture these blades locally, thus offering quality indigenous blades at significantly reduced cost, leading to substantial savings in foreign exchange.

Three Phase Load Balancing 

NUST has successfully licensed out its third Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) to the industry in Karachi. The IPR is for Three Phase Load Balancing (3PLB), developed by Capt Dr Syed Sajjad Haider Zaidi of Pakistan Navy Engineering College (PNEC) Karachi along with team of three students Mr. Muhammad Osama Bin Shakeel, Mr. Syed Ali Jaffer and Mr. Muhammad Faheem Ali. The IPR has been transferred to M/s Bolts (Pvt) Ltd of Karachi, a well-established company offering Engineering, Design, Manufacturing and Fabrication services to the industry. 3PLB device is power electronics and deals with the issue of load unbalancing through uniform distribution of current in all three phase, hence eliminating the neutral current flow. The technology reduces 20% of the electricity bills if it is installed in a three-phase fed house. The scaled version of the device could be installed to cater the industrial heavy loads. It enhances the efficiency of a transformer and prevents the creation of negative sequence voltages.

Spot TB

NUST celebrates another landmark – transferring of 4 IPs to Industry. Exclusive license of 3 IPs for Spot TB  to Pharmatec Pakistan Pvt Ltd, promising quality healthcare at affordable cost for the masses, high socioeconomic impact and a contribution to national development.Spot TB, a handheld robust electrochemical biosensor-based device for early TB detection. The technology has been developed by Dr Shahrukh Abbas from NUST Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Bio-Sciences (ASAB).

Smart Wound Management Device (SWMD)

NUST granted exclusive license of four Intellectual Properties (IPs) to Pharmatec Pakistan Pvt. Ltd, Karachi, a leading pharmaceutical company with international presence, on Friday, November 30, 2018.Dr Nassar Ikram, Pro-Rector NUST Research, Innovation & Commercialisation (RIC), and Dr Shahida Qaiser, MD Pharmatec, signed the agreement for  Smart Wound Management Device (SWMD). Prominent among others present at the occasion were Lt Gen Naweed Zaman, HI (M), (Retd), Rector NUST, Mr Pervez Hayat Noon, CEO Pharmatec, and Mr Stephen J Martin, MD Bramart Healthcare Consultancy Ltd, London.NUST is proud of its brilliant researchers Dr Murtaza Najabat Ali and Ms Marium Mir (School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engg – SMME) and Dr Shahrukh Abbas (Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences – ASAB), the owners of the licensed IPs.

EKKO 

NUST always takes pride in developing innovative products to solve national issues and impact society through its research and development. NUST Licenses out 7 intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) to industry on June 9, 2020 for one of its products with strong societal impact. The licensing agreement for “EKKO” was signed between NUST and M/S RISETech, at NUST Islamabad campus. EKKO is a high-tech electronic device to generate artificial neuro-transmissions that are an advancement in cognitive rehabilitation – a modern concept to rehabilitate patients suffering from neurogenic disorders. This concept is based on a new therapeutic procedure titled “Neurotransmission Cognitive Therapy” to implement neuro-transmission cognitive theory innovated by Mr. Shahbaz Khalid Ranjha, a renowned psychologist and speech pathologist. With help of Mr. Shahbaz and funding from HEC under Technology Development Fund, researchers at NUST have proven the efficacy of this device to overcome symptoms like tongue dysarthria, motor speech aphasia/disphasia, tongue apraxia, cerebral palsy including hemiplegia, facial palsy, fine motor movements, eye squints, writing problems, drooling and chewing disorders and slow cognitive development