A Study on mHealth Innovations through the Lens of Patent Analysis

Authors

  • Priyanka Tiwari KIRAN-IPR Women Scientist
  • Uppala Shailaja Rajiv Gandhi School of IP Law, IIT Kharagpur
  • Niharika Sahoo Bhattacharya Rajiv Gandhi School of IP Law, IIT Kharagpur
  • padmavati Manchikanti Rajiv Gandhi School of IP Law, IIT Kharagpur

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56042/jipr.v28i4.2023

Keywords:

Mobile Healthcare, mHealth, health technology, digital health, wearable sensor,, smart health monitoring

Abstract

Mobile health also referred to as mHealth is a broader term that includes mobile computing, medical sensor,
communication technologies, and other wireless technologies associated with healthcare. Mobile health apps are becoming
more popular due to their varied applications and have the potential to greatly improve the healthcare segment in any
country. In this context, the present study attempts to provide a comprehensive picture of innovation trends in mHealth
domain through patent landscape analysis. Further, it attempts to identify the major challenges with respect to patenting and
protecting innovation in India. The analysis shows that there is an upward trend in patenting since 2002 onwards, and in
addition to big private entities, start-ups and academic institutions are also having a major contribution to innovations in
mHealth sector. However, there are inherent challenges in patenting an ICT technology which was also evident in our study
with respect to selected mHealth app patents. A concerted effort in enhancing IPR capture as well as appropriate support
mechanism is the need of the hour to promote and effectively implement mHealth in the country.

Author Biographies

  • Priyanka Tiwari, KIRAN-IPR Women Scientist

    Ms Priyanka Tiwari is a KIRAN-IPR Women Scientist. She pursued her IP training at Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, IIT Kharagpur.  She holds a Master's Degree in Computer Science and Applications. 

  • Uppala Shailaja, Rajiv Gandhi School of IP Law, IIT Kharagpur

    Ms Shailaja Uppala is the Staff training coordinator for DST-TIFAC KIRAN IPR Program at Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, IIT Kharagpur.

  • Niharika Sahoo Bhattacharya, Rajiv Gandhi School of IP Law, IIT Kharagpur

    Dr Niharika Sahoo Bhattacharya is currently working as an Assistant Professor in Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, India. She holds Masters and M.Phil in Life Sciences and her PhD is in the interdisciplinary fields of bioscience and Intellectual Property Rights from IIT Kharagpur, India.  She is actively involved in the research and teaching of various IP subjects and she has published in various domains of Intellectual Property Law in many journals of repute.

  • padmavati Manchikanti, Rajiv Gandhi School of IP Law, IIT Kharagpur

    Dr. M. Padmavati Dr. M. Padmavati is a Professor at the Rajiv Gandhi School of IP Law. At the
    School she teaches the subjects of Patent Law, IP Management, Patent Procedure and Drafting to
    both undergraduate law students as well as master students of law. Her primary area of research
    includes Intellectual Property and Commercialization of recombinant and herbal drugs and Drug
    Regulation, Biodiversity Law, IP analytics and socio-economic aspects of GI. She has many
    research as well as consultancy projects, from Ministry of Human Resource Development, DST,
    Council of Scientific and Industrial Research etc. . She has been awarded the Microsoft–Young
    Faculty Scholarship in Intellectual Property. She is an Advisor to the IPR Cell, IIT Kharagpur.
    She is the Course Coordinator of the KIRAN-IPR Program at IIT Kharagpur for training women
    scientists in IPR in which women scientists are trained for a year in IPR. She has been guiding
    Masters as well Doctoral student’s research in IP. Her articles have been published in renowned
    journals in the field of Intellectual Property Laws. She is a member of important professional as
    well as government bodies such as World Bioenergy Association and International Patent Information User Group (PIUG), International Trade Mark Association (INTA), West Bengal Science and
    Technology Council etc. She is also an Editorial Board member of Journal of Intellectual Property
    Rights (JIPR). She has been an invited speaker at international as well as national conferences. She
    provides pro-bono assistance in filing of IP.

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Published

2023-06-16

Issue

Vol. 28 No. 4 (2023): Journal of Intellectual Property Rights

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How to Cite

A Study on mHealth Innovations through the Lens of Patent Analysis. (2023). Journal of Intellectual Property Rights (JIPR), 28(4), 312-322. https://doi.org/10.56042/jipr.v28i4.2023

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