Five PAIR members shine at PolyU’s inaugural Patents Achievement Award

The PolyU Patents Achievement Award was launched this year in appreciation and recognition of the remarkable achievements of departments and inventors that are actively engaged in intellectual property (IP) filing. The scheme includes two categories of award. The “Top Patents Filing Award” considers IP filing activities over the past five years, while the “Most Active Patents Filing Award” focuses on IP filing activities within the award year. The recipients of the inaugural award have been announced.

Congratulations to five PAIR members for winning the PolyU Patents Achievement Award 2023! Three members, Prof. Benny CHEUNG Chi-fai, Associate Director of the Research Centre for SHARP Vision (RCSV), Prof. John SHI Wenzhong, Director of the Otto Poon Charitable Foundation Smart Cities Research Institute (SCRI), and Prof. TO Chi-ho, Member of RCSV, won the “Top Patents Filing Award”. Two members, Ir Prof. POON Chi-sun, Director of the Research Centre for Resources Engineering towards Carbon Neutrality (RCRE), and Ir Prof. ZHENG Yongping, Director of the Research Institute for Smart Ageing (RISA), won the “Most Active Patents Filing Award”