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NLIPW Patents Law Volume 1 Number 5
eDigest
(Nigerian Inventors)
April 26, 2013
Every year, on April 26, innovators,
inventors, visionaries, scholars and
countries from around the world
celebrate World Intellectual Property Day!
The theme for this year 2013 celebration is
Creativity – the next generation , and it
celebrates the talented and ingenious
creators and innovators who are
imagining how the world will be
tomorrow. In line with this year’s theme,
we are highlighting 16 Nigerian inventors
who have contributed to development in
various fields worldwide.

1. Saheed Adepoju
Credits: He is the inventor of the INYE-1
& 2, tablet computers designed for the
African market.
Bio: Saheed is the Co-founder of Encipher
Limited, a Nigerian-based technology
company that introduced the first
android-powered tablet into Nigeria. The
INYE-1, which was unveiled in April 2010
is a 7-inch resistive screen tablet. It runs
android 2.1 and allows users to connect
to the internet using its inbuilt WIFI card
and to use an external 3G modem from
GSM networks. It offers about 3 hours of
battery life and allows HDMI output to
HDMI capable devices.
INYE-2, which was unveiled in May 2011,
is an 8-inch capacitive screen tablet. It
runs Android 2.2 and allows users to
connect to the internet using its inbuilt
Wi-Fi card as well as its inbuilt SIM. It
offers about 8 hours of battery life and
allow users to connect to other USB
devices.
Seyi oyesola
Credits: He is credited with the co-
invention of CompactOR or the “Hospital
in a Box”, a solar-powered life-saving
operating room which can be transported
to remote areas of Africa and set up
within minutes.
Bio: Seyi is a Nigerian trained doctor and
inventor. He received his basic science
and medical education at the University of
Lagos, Nigeria, with specialist training in
Anaesthesia and Critical Care in the
United Kingdom and United States. In
order to help bring surgical care to every
region of the continent, Seyi co-
developed CompactOR, or the “Hospital in
a Box”: a portable medical system that
contains anesthetic and surgical
equipment. One major advantage of this
invention is that the operating suite is
light enough to be dropped into
inaccessible zones by helicopter and it
can be powered by solar panels.
3. Jelani Aliyu
Credits: He is credited with designing
General Motors’ leading auto brand,
Chevrolet Volt.
Bio: Jelani was born in Kaduna State,
Nigeria in 1966. He originates from
Sokoto State, Nigeria and earned an
associate degree in Architecture from
Birnin Kebbi Polytechnic in 1988. Upon
graduation from the Polytechnic, Jelani
worked at the Ministry of Works, Sokoto
before pursuing additional education in
the United states. He graduated in 1994
with a degree in Automobile Design from
the College for Creative Studies, Detroit,
Michigan and was hired by General
Motors.
4. Ndubuisi Ekekwe
Credits: He is credited with the
development of microchips used in
minimally invasive surgical robots.
Bio: Ndubuisi is the founder of First
Atlantic Semiconductors &
Microelectronics Ltd. He holds a U.S.
Patent on a microchip used in minimally
invasive surgical robots and was part of
the team that created XL sensor inside
the iPhone and ipad.
5. Col. Oviemo Ovadje (Rtd.)
Credits: Oviemo is a Nigerian medical
Doctor who is credited with the invention
of the Emergency Auto Transfusion
System (EAT-SET), which is an effective,
low-cost and affordable blood auto-
transfusion mechanism that saves
patients in developing countries. He has
patented the invention in nine (9)
countries.
Bio: Oviemo was born in Nigeria and hails
from Delta State. He began working on
the invention in 1989 with $120 dollars. In
1995, he was declared best African
scientist and founded EATSET Industries,
in April 2001. The United Nation
Development Program (UNDP) and the
government of Nigeria funded the EAT-
SET Project, with the World Health
Organization (WHO) acting as the
executing agency and providing
assistance in the coordination of the
project.
He has received many international
awards including:
OAU-WIPO Best African Scientist Gold
Medal, Geneva Switzerland (1995);
Winner Promex Medal Geneva,
Switzerland (1998);
First African Winner World Health
Organisation Sasakawa Gold Medal,
Geneva, Switzerland, (2000);
Winner ARCO Gold Medal, The
Dorchester, UK, (2001);
Winner Army Council Medal, Nigeria
Army, Army Head Quarters, Abuja,
Nigeria.
6. Cyprian Emeka Uzoh
Credits: He holds more than 126 United
States issued patents and over 160
patents worldwide in semiconductor
technology including U.S. Patent No.
6709562, “method of making
electroplated interconnection structures
on integrated circuit chips” , which earned
him the inventor of the year award in
2006 from the New York Intellectual
Property Association.
7. Kunle Olukotun
Credits: He is well known for leading the
Stanford Hydra research project which
developed one of the first chip
multiprocessors with support for thread-
level speculation (TLS).
Bio: Kunle is a Professor of Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science at
Stanford University. He received his
Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from The
University of Michigan. He is the founder
of Afara Websystems (later acquired by
Sun Microsystems), a company that
builds servers surrounding a custom
high-throughput CPU architecture and
develops IP traffic management systems
for high-throughput, low power server
systems with chip multiprocessor
technology.
8. Sebastine Chinonye Omeh
Credits: He is best known for his
research into the use of wind-propelled
turbines to generate electricity.
Bio: Sebastine is the Managing Director of
Hybrid Micro Machine Products Limited.
He is from Ogrute town in Igbo-Eze
North Local Government Area of Enugu
State, Nigeria. He is a graduate of
engineering from the University of
Nigeria, Nsukka. Challenged by the
energy crisis in Nigeria, and the need to
develop indigenous technology he
conducted research into the use of wind-
propelled turbines to generate electricity,
thereby pioneering wind energy
technology in Nigeria.
9. Shehu Saleh Balami
Credits: He is credited with designing a
solid-fuel rocket.
Bio: Since year 2000, Shehu Balami, a
Nigerian Engineer has been involved in
designing rockets. He is a graduate of
Mechanical Engineering from the Federal
University of Technology (FUT), Minna,
Niger State. He has produced two solid
fuel rockets which were launched along
the new Kaduna Millennium City Road in
Kaduna State. In 2008, with the support
of his friends and family members, he
was able to build his first rocket which he
later modified in 2011. The solid-fuel
rocket was produced under the auspices
of the Movement for the Propagation of
Science and Technology in Nigeria.
10. Yemi Adesokan
Credits: He was selected by expert
judges of the Technology Review of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT) in the United States of America for
his discovery work on drug-resistant
infections. He was honored by the MIT in
2011 because of his innovative work.
Bio: Yemi is a Nigerian born and United
States-based founder of Pathogenica Inc .
Medical experts are of the view that his
innovation may bring an end to the
problem of drug resistance in the world
particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. His
discovery work was carried out by a
biotechnology start-up that he founded
with Professor George Church of Harvard
Medical School DNA technology.
11. Ume Ifeanyi Charles
Credits: He is credited with five (5)
inventions all of which were patented at
the United States Patent and Trademark
Office (USPTO). These are:
Method and Apparatus for Measuring
Thermally Induced Warpage in Printed
Wiring Boards Using Shadow Moir,
United States Patent No. 5601364 ,
Feb.  11,1997;
Method and Apparatus for Measuring
Thermal Warpage Using Projection
Moir, United States Patent No.
6564166 B1 , May 13, 2003;
Object Inspection Method and System,
United States Patent No. 6747268 ,
June 8, 2004;
Inspection System and Methods,
United States Patent No. 7492449,
February 17, 2009; and
Ultrasound Systems and Method for
Measuring Weld Penetration Depth in
Real Time and Off Line, United States
Patent No. 7762136 , July 27, 2010.
Bio: Ifeanyi is a professor at Georgia
Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia.
He is a recipient of the Donald P. Eckman
Education Award in recognition of his
contributions towards education of
mechatronics throughout the world. In
2010, he was also awarded the
Electronics and Photonic Packaging
Division (EPPD) Excellence in Mechanics
Award.
12.  Aloysius Anaebonam
Credits: He holds about 12 U.S. Patents
including the following:
Extended release acetaminophen,
Patent number: 6254891, July 3, 2001;
Extended release acetaminophen
particles, Patent number:
6126967, October 3, 2000;
Pleasant-tasting aqueous liquid
composition of a bitter-tasting drug,
Patent number: 5962461, October 5,
1999;
Pleasant-tasting aqueous liquid
composition of a bitter-tasting drug,
Patent number: 5763449, June 9, 1998;
Composition and process for
prevention and treatment of cutaneous
immediate hypersensitivity reactions,
Patent number: 5684037, November 4,
1997;
Composition and process for
prevention and treatment of cutaneous
immediate hypersensitivity reactions,
Patent number: 5684038, November 4,
1997;
Terfenadine oral granules, Patent
number: 5626879, May 6, 1997;
Process for treating uremic pruritus,
Patent number: 5576346, November
19, 1996;
Process for treating hemangioma ,
Patent number: 5552436
Composition and process for
prevention and treatment of cutaneous
immediate hypersensitivity reactions,
Patent number: 5532270, July 2, 1996;
and
Terfenadine oral powder, Patent
number: 5455049, October 3, 1995.
Bio: Aloysius holds a Bachelor of
Pharmacy degree from the University
of Nigeria, Nsukka and M.S. and Ph.D.
in Industrial Pharmacy from the
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy,
Boston Massachusetts. He is the
Founder & Chief Scientist of BREEJ
Technologies, Inc., a developer and
marketer of advanced treatment
cosmetics products for problem skin.
13. Mohammed Bah Abbah
Credits: Although he holds no patent on
this invention, he is credited with taking
on the challenge of making accessible the
“pot-in-pot refrigerator” or “zeer”, a
refrigerating device that does not use
electricity, to people in rural areas. He is
a recipient of the Rolex Award for
Enterprise, an award that provided
$75,000 which Mohammed used to
produce and distribute his invention in 11
northern states in Nigeria.
Bio: Mohammed developed his pot-in-pot
refrigerator by combining the knowledge
he had gained from his grandmother’s
craft of traditional pottery with simple
laws of physics. He followed up on the
idea by placing food in a small pot, which
is then placed in a larger pot. The space
between the two is filled with moist sand
and a wet cloth cover is used to cover
the whole set up. As the water in the
moist sand evaporates through the larger
pot, it carries heat away from the inner
core of the whole set up.
Mohammed holds no patent on this
invention because the pot making
business is not new. What is novel is the
fact that he set up a local production
facilities to provide the pot-in-pot for the
cost of $2 (N320) for the smaller pot-in-
pot refrigerator and $4 (N640) for the
bigger versions. The invention allows
perishable food to extend their spoilage
rate. For example, meat can be stored in
it for up to two weeks instead of a few
hours.
14.  Olu Atanda
Credits: He is credited with the co-
invention of a self-lubricating layer for a
data-storage device and disk and holds
the following patents at the USPTO.
Self-lubricating layer for data storage
devices, United States Patent No.
6,677,105, January 13, 2004.
Self-lubricating layer for a data
storage disk, United States Patent No.
6,430,114, August 6, 2002.
15. Brino Gilbert
Credits: He is credited with the invention
of the Counter Collision Gadget (CCG), a
device that has the capacity to prevent
accidents on the road, air, sea and rail.
The invention earned him many awards
including a bronze medal in the
Aerospace/Aeronautics category at the
May 2003 edition of the Invention and
New Product Exposition (INPEX) in the
United States. He also received a silver
medal in the manufacturing category and
a trophy for being the best invention from
Africa in the continental category
Bio: Gilbert is a Nigerian physicist from
Edo State. He spent 10 years seeking
government attention for his research
and approached several groups and
individuals for sponsorship. His vision is
to make CCG exportable to many
countries of the world.
16.  Emeka Nchekwube
Credits: He is credited with the co-
invention of the following:
Hypoestoxides, derivatives and
agonists thereof for use as stent-
coating agents, U.S. Patent no.
7229979
Hypoestoxides, derivatives and
agonists thereof for use of
antiparasitic agents Patent
no. 6242484
Terfenadine oral powder, U.S. Patent
no. 5455049
Solutions of pentamidine, U.S. Patent
no. 4,853,416
Bio: Emeka  Nchewube is a Nigerian-born
Neurosurgeon who currently lives and
practices in the United States. He was
born in Lagos, Nigeria and earned his
Bachelors degree in chemistry from
Central Michigan University. He attended
Wayne State University School of
Medicine in Detroit where he also finished
his Neurosurgery residency. He is board
certified by the American Board of
Neurological Surgeons and is a member
of the American Association of
Neurological Surgeons. He is also a
member of the San Jose Surgical Society,
the American Medical Association, and
the California Association of Neurological
Surgeons.
Other Notable Nigerian Inventors Include:
♣Dr Philip C. Njemanze ♣Damian
Anyanwu
♣Professor Ernest Izevbigie
♣Professor Francisca Okeke

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