Covenant University Receives Patents For Integrated Dual Automobile Engine and 7 other products

Six researchers at Covenant University have been granted patent rights for 8 products, with the Head, Product Development Cluster, Professor James Omoleye, being a sole recipient of one of the patent rights and a co-recipient of 4 others
Professor Omoleye, a Professor of Chemical Engineering, was the sole beneficiary of the patent for the ‘Production of wine Brand from Hibiscus Sabdariffa’. He and Dr. (Mrs) Modupe Ojewumi, a faculty in the Department of Chemical Engineering, were joint recipients of the patent right for the ‘Production of Protein Nutrient from Parkia Biglobosa Seed’.

The patent right for ‘Integrated Dual Powered Electric Automobile Engine’ was awarded to Professor Omoleye and Mr. Olusegun Igbamerun, a Senior Technologist at the Covenant University Centre for Research, Innovation, and Discovery (CUCRID). Both were also jointly awarded the patent right for the invention of ‘Violation Self Reporting Vehicle Speed Limiter’.

Also, together with Mr. Ifeanyichukwu Ekem, Professor Omoleye earned a patent right for the ‘Production of Dry Fermented Ogi from Corn and Guinea Corn’.

Professor Francis Idachaba of the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering (EIE) was awarded patent rights for two products. They are ‘Pipeline Leak Inhibitor Tool for Onshore and Offshore Crude Oil Pipeline networks’ and ‘Offshore Pipeline Monitoring Tool’. Another faculty from the EIE Department, Dr. Victor Matthews, received a patent right for the invention of an ‘Intelligent Executive Chair’.

The National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP), an Agency of the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, facilitated the award of patent rights to the Covenant University researchers. NOTAP, amongst other functions, promotes innovation, patenting and intellectual property; offers technology advisory and support services; and commercialisation of Research and Development results.

http://m.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/News/Covenant-Researchers-Receive-Patent-Rights-for-8-Inventions#.WsCM6oko_qA

Lalasticlala

And one priest will be deceiving himself calling his university the best private university in Africa..

Cutehector:
And one priest will be deceiving himself calling his university the best private university in Africa..

Sir, which priest are you talking about? Father Edeh of Madonna? Because I would still tip Godfrey Okoye Uni as far better than Madonna in the East. Intact I would pick Paul University or Coal city university above Madonna.

Cutehector:
And one priest will be deceiving himself calling his university the best private university in Africa..

For your mind now . . . you don thruway jibe.

At least this is better than producing thousands of babalawo, prostitute, and yahoo bois all over.

CodeTemplar:
For your mind now . . . you don thruway jibe.

At least this is better than producing thousands of babalawo, prostitute, and yahoo bois all over.

what the fvck are you tryna say

Cutehector:
what the fvck are you tryna say

ha ha ha . . . I beat you in your own game.

Wow very cool.
Lalasticlala Mynd44 Seun why isn't this on frontpage.

Instead of them to be organizing ASUU meetings to go on strike, they are busy patenting

AnodaIT:
Instead of them to be organizing ASUU meetings to go on strike, they are busy patenting

Lol
Covenant and some other private universities are trying though.

I expect to see more of this and not boast of number of irrelevant peer reviewed papers on Elsevier and co.

Can these sharp minds fix our polity?

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Waooo

I hope that car runs on fuel oil and not electricity or solar.

Talking about the commercial gains, internal combustion engines still have at least another 100 years to stay.

I like covenant .

Though all these work would be meaningless If it is not replicated and applied in the society.

Anderletch lose chai my 100,000 oooo

Good news

The "advanced secondary school" haters will not come here they think it's when a university produces olosho and Yahoo boys that's when it's a confam uni

"Production of Dry Fermented Ogi from Corn and Guinea Corn"........hmm

Cutehector:
And one priest will be deceiving himself calling his university the best private university in Africa..

You de mind them....I graduated from elele...but won't advice my enemyto go there to waste his or her fruitful time...mtcheeew

Good one.great news

We need more of these across science, technology, engineering and mathematics to move the country forward.

Our publicly owned schools need to start doing more innovation and less strike action.

Covenant University knows well how to blow its own trumpet.

If we were to be counting patents and rights by so many researchers in other (public) schools we would not leave here today.

The reason why you see their naming topping Webometrics rankings of universities in Nigeria. They are everywhere on the internet showcasing their acheivements.

Other schools should learn from this.

Great news..
How i wish those discoveries can be commercialised to address one or two issues in the Nigerian system..

This is what a University that will compete with the best in the world should be doing.. Finding stuff to advance the society forward..Not battling with ASUU and the FG while frustrating and stagnating the intellectual and mental development of it's students.

Honestly if we are fair, Covenant should be the best university in Nigeria.... buh buh, some 'historical relic university jambitos' will open their mouth and call the school an advanced secondary school, forgetting that their historical universities are dilapidated.....

This is worth celebrating

Cutehector:
And one priest will be deceiving himself calling his university the best private university in Africa..

That's your opinion, not everybody makes loud empty noise. You were probably expelled for cultism and still remain disgruntled.

sweet soup...nah money kill am

the only patent we get in unilorin is "korope"

Almost every university worth it's salt have Scientists and Technologists who have one patent or the other.
Some of the researches were actually carried out and funded by their student but hijacked by their Professors and lecturers who are aspiring to be professors.

The problem is not acquiring patents everywhere, the issue is Commercialization of the patented products that is where ALL universities in nigeria have failed.

Here in Aussie, universities have a relationship with companies who help to fund research and then commercialize the products.

A biotech companiy is currently funding universities in a bid to produce pills that will possibly elongate the lives of humans by adding another 50 years of life by fighting aging at the cellular level and eliminating tissue damage and 'scarring'.
Now imagine how much potential billions that could bring for the company when research is completed.

Wow... Cool

obonujoker:
Honestly if we are fair, Covenant should be the best university in Nigeria.... buh buh, some 'historical relic university jambitos' will open their mouth and call the school an advanced secondary school, forgetting that their historical universities are dilapidated.....

That is because many of them live wayward life in most public universities. Many of them have being caged while in secondary school but would fly like a bird escaping from cage. To be fair with you,covenant university should be rated number one in Nigeria

Sctests:
Almost every university worth it's salt have Scientists and Technologists who have one patent or the other.
Some of the researches were actually carried out and funded by their student by hijacked by their Professors.

The problem is not acquiring one patents everywhere, the issue is Commercialization of the patented products.

Where is your school, please show me six patents from there

Cutehector:
And one priest will be deceiving himself calling his university the best private university in Africa..

Empty head, what is the name of your useless school. Who made it impossible for you to be unable to afford Covenant University?