Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
Traditional Knowledge Digital Library
An initiative of CSIR and Ministry of AYUSH

Major Milestones

1. October,1999;December 1999
Approach paper on setting up of TKDL; Submission of approach paper to Standing Committee on Information Technology (SCIT), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
2.January, 2000
Setting up of the interdisciplinary (inter-ministerial Task Force on TKDL
3.May, 2000
Submission of TKDL Task Force Report to Department of Indian System of Medicine and Homeopathy; and presenting TKDL Concept & Vision at International forum
4.January 2001
Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs (CCEA's) approval for the TKDL Project
5.June, 2001
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Department of ISM&H now AYUSH) and National Institute of Science Communication (now CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources)
6.July, 2001
Development of TKDL software, specifications and design
7.October, 2001 to March, 2002
Establishing TKDL team of Project Assistants (IT), Ayurveda, Patent Examiners, etc.
8.February, 2001
Presentation on Traditional Knowledge Resource Classification (TKRC) at International Patent Classification (IPC) Union for getting established WIPO-TK Task Force consisting of USPTO, EPO, JPO, China and India
9.February, 2002
WIPO-TK Task Force recommended addition of a new subclass under A 61; Committee of Experts recommended: (i) inclusion of approx. 200 subgroups on TK against earlier few sub-groups on medicinal plants, (ii) linking of TKRC to IPC and (iii) continuation of work on biodiversity, TK and TCE
10.November - December, 2002; July, 2003
Internationally recognized specifications and standards for setting up of TK databases and registries based on TKDL specifications, their drafting presentation and adoption of recommendations at the 5th Session of IGC
11.August, 2002
Constitution of Access Policy Issue Committee (APIC)
12.March, 2003
First batch of data abstraction work on 36,000 Ayurveda formulations for creating TKDL in five languages, i.e. English, German, Spanish, French and Japanese
13.October, 2003
Release of demo TKDL CD containing a sample of 500 formulations
14.June 2004
Initiation of the TKDL Unani project
15.August 2004
Initiation of TKDL Ayurveda Phase II
16.October, 2004
Concordance between IPC and TKRC and approval on linking of TKRC with IPC
17.August, 2005
Initiation of project on TKDL Siddha.
Creating of TKRC containing approx. 25,000 subgroups
18.June 2006
Approval on Access to TKDL database to international patent offices by Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
19.January 2008
Initiation of activities on creation of TKDL Yoga
20.February 2009
TKDL Access Agreement with European Patent Office (EPO)
21.July 2009
TKDL Access Agreement with USPTO
22.July 2009
The first prior art evidence based on TKDL citations under Third Party observations against 35 patent applications submitted to EPO leading to development of a formalised structure for filing Third Party Objections (TPOs)/oppositions at various international patent offices
23.
October 2009
TKDL Access Agreement with German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA)
24.February, 2010
TKDL Access Agreement with United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office,
TKDL Access Agreement with Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)
25.January, 2011
TKDL Access Agreement with Intellectual Property Australia (IP Australia)
26.March 22-24, 2011
International Conference on 'Utilization of the Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) as a Model for the Protection of Traditional Knowledge
27.April, 2011
TKDL Access Agreement with Japan Patent Office (JPO)
28.July, 2012
First Amending Agreement to TKDL Access Agreement with European Patent Office (EPO)
29.August, 2012
First Amending Agreement to TKDL Access Agreement with Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)
30.January, 2014
First Amending Agreement to TKDL Access Agreement with United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
31.May, 2014
TKDL Access Agreement with Chile Patent Office (INAPI)
32.June, 2014
First Amending Agreement to TKDL Access Agreement with Japan Patent Office (JPO)
33.October 2015
TKDL Access Agreement with Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO)
34.June, 2017
TKDL Access Agreement with Rospatent (Russia)
35.June, 2017
TKDL Access Agreement with INDECOPI (Peru)
36.October 2017
First Amending Agreement to TKDL Access Agreement with Chile Patent Office (INAPI)
37.September 2018
Initiation of Project on Ayurveda from Kerala manuscripts
38.October 2018
Initiation of Project on Sowa Rigpa
39.April 2019
TKDL Access Agreement with Spanish Patent and Trademark Office
40.October 2019
Second Amending Agreement to TKDL Access Agreement with IP Australia
41.October, 2021
TKDL Access Agreement with Danish Patent and Trademark Office
42.August 2022
Cabinet approves widening access of the Traditional Knowledge digital library database to users, besides patent offices
43.September 2022
TKDL Access Agreement with National Industrial Property Institute, France


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