Bangladesh moves to earn jute patent
Bangladesh will apply for a patent on jute genome sequencing to World Intellectual Property Rights Organisation (WIPRO) so that the country can earn and enjoy the right to the technology, a senior government official said yesterday.
''We will send our application for patent registration with the WIPRO sometime this month,'' said Dr Mohammad Kamal Uddin, director general of Bangladesh Jute Research Institute.
The registration would help Bangladesh earn legal rights and enjoy them to get benefits from use of the technology anywhere in the world, said Dr Kamal.
Maqsudul Alam, team leader of the jute genome decoding project, said Bangladesh now can produce high quality jute varieties tolerant to unfavourable climate and get improved fibre.
Alam, a Bangladesh-born Hawai scientist, said the golden fiber is expected to get its lost glory back in five years through full genome sequencing and multiply jute export.
According to him, more than 35 scientists and researchers of Bangladesh Jute Research Institute (BJRI), Dhaka University and DataSoft are involved in the jute genome sequencing project.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced the success of jute genome sequencing in the parliament in mid-June and promised for further assistance to the project.
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