Campus Digest

Physics invention wins excellence award in High-value Patent Portfolio Layout Competition

Wednesday, 17 January 2024

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The patented invention by Professor Zhu Furong has won the Excellence Award in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area High-value Patent Portfolio Layout Competition 2023.
Guests gain a deeper understanding of Professor Zhu Furong's patents invention from his presentation.
Mr David Wong Fuk-loi (right), Director of Intellectual Property of the HKSAR Government, congratulates Professor Zhu Furong (left) for receiving the award.

The patented invention titled “Traceable Fruit Quality Detection Solution:​ Cloud-based big data for fruit quality monitoring & authentication​” by Professor Zhu Furong, Associate Dean (Research and Postgraduate Studies) of the Faculty of Science and Professor of the Department of Physics, and his team has won the Excellence Award in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area High-value Patent Portfolio Layout Competition 2023.

The guests who attended the awards ceremony on 9 January included Mr David Wong Fuk-loi, Director of Intellectual Property of the HKSAR Government; Ms Chan Tze-wai, Deputy Director of the Economic and Technological Development Bureau of the Macao SAR Government; and Ms Xie Hong, Deputy Director of the Guangdong Intellectual Property Protection Centre. Professor Zhu introduced his patented invention to the guests during the event.

The Competition attracted the participation of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, higher education institutions and research bodies from all over the country, including Hong Kong and Macao. A total of 809 patented inventions qualified for the first round of the Competition after the preliminary review. The final was held in mid-December, with assessments conducted in the form of roadshows, question and answer sessions, and evaluations by a judging panel.