The University Intellectual Property Office and Innovations and Technology Support Office (UIPO/ITSO) conducted a 4-day training-workshop on Patent Search and Drafting on October 13-16 held at CRL building. The activity aimed to capacitate faculty and full-time researchers on basic prior art search and principles of patenting. It is particularly intended for MMSU faculty and researchers who already have outputs on research that need to be protected with intellectual property rights. The workshop was attended by 42 participants comprised of 11 full-time researchers, 19 faculty researchers, and 12 job order personnel of special projects and research assistants.