Soon, tribal products may get patent

February 01, 2012 11:00

Aiming to preserve the indigenous knowledge of tribals and products manufactured by them with the help of natural resources, the government is planning to patent some of these under the Intellectual Property Rights.

"The tribal affairs ministry has taken an initiative to patent the forest by-products and indigenous knowledge of making these products through IPR," Tribal Affairs Minister V Kishore Chandra Deo has said.

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