Researchers from Serbia get WIPO Medals for Investors

Professor Djuro Koruga, a pioneer in nanotechnologies and the founder of the Center for Molecular Machines at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade, and plastic surgeon Jadran Bandic had the Medals for Inventors of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) handed out to them on November 16, at the celebration of an anniversary of the Intellectual Property Office.

As stated on the website of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, the two researchers were awarded WIPO Medals for Investors in the category of inventors or a group of inventors and patents for an invention called “Analytic Methods of Tissue Evaluation”. They have patented this invention which contributes to an early melanoma diagnosis or prevention, in one of the biggest markets of the world – the USA.

The award contest was organized by the Intellectual Property Office on the occasion of the 98th anniversary, and the aim is to promote the importance of the protection of intellectual property when it comes to the development of the modern economy and society.

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is one of the UN's specialized agencies in charge of international affairs pertaining to industrial property rights, copyright and related rights. The Republic of Serbia has been a WIPO member since 1992.

Mašinski fakultet Beograd

Zavod za intelektualnu svojinu Republike Srbije

Center for Molecular Machines at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade

Djuro Koruga

Jadran Bandic

World Intellectual Property Organization

WIPO

WIPO Medal for Investors award