Patents

A key purpose of IIT is to enable the exploitation of its research outcomes using various mechanisms, including patent submission. During the course of the past years IIT has been awarded the following patents:

• System and method for automatically tagging documents. Eleftherios Panagiotis-Loukas, Eirini Spyropoulou, Prodromos Malakasiotis, Emmanouil Fergadiotis, Ilias Chalkidis, Ioannis Androutsopoulos, Georgios Paliouras. Submitted in July 2022, US Patent Office
• System and method for forecasting complex events. Ilias Alevizos, Emmanouil Ntoulias, Alexandros Artikis, Georgios Paliouras. Approved in 2024, European Patent Office
• System & Method for Identifying Drug-drug Interactions. George Paliouras, Fotis Aisopos, Tasos Nentidis, Kostas Bougiatiotis. Software for predicting drug-drug interactions for lung cancer and Alzheimer’s, using Machine Learning. Submitted in January 2020, European Patent Office
• Multilingual system for early detection of neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders. George Paliouras, Vassiliki Rentoumi. Prototype of automatic text analysis that provides an accurate risk assessment for Alzheimer’s disease, based on samples from patients. Submitted in January 2020, US Patent Office
• Method for Managing Networks of Interconnected Items (Μέθοδος Διαχείρισης Δικτύων Διασυνδεδεμένων Αντικειμένων). N. Dimitriou, K. Kontovassilis, C.D. Spyropoulos. Greek Patent No: 1008939. Issued on 31/01/2017, valid until 30/12/2035.
• Method for Extending “Low Density Parity-Check” (LPDC) Codes in Telecommunication Systems. S. Papaharalabos, F. Lazarakis, C.D. Spyropoulos. Greek Patent No: 1008966. Issued on 28/02/2017, valid until 30/12/2035.
• System for the Isolation of Speakers from Audiovisual Data (Σύστημα Διαχωρισμού Ομιλητών από Οπτικοακουστικά Δεδομένα). E. Spyrou, D. Sgouropoulos, G. Siantikos, A. Yiannakopoulos, St. Perantonis, C.D. Spyropoulos. Greek Patent No: 1008860. Issued on 27/09/2016, valid until 30/12/2035.
• Wearable Fabric Antenna (Φορετή Κεραία). A. Mihalopoulou, A. Alexandridis, C.D. Spyropoulos. Greek Patent No: 1008878.  Issued on 14/10/2016, valid until 30/12/2035.
• Video Quality Assessment Method (Μέθοδος Μειωμένης Αναφαράς για Εκτίμηση Ποιότητας Βίντεο). M.A. Kourtis, Ch. Koumaras, A. Kourtis. Greek Patent No: 1008606. Issued on 05/11/2015, valid until 31/05/2034
• Managing Link Layer Resources for Media Independent Handover. P. Neves, G. Lampropoulos, C. Skianis, A. Gomes, L. Sarakis, G. Kormentzas, K. Kontovasilis, , patent WO2012021079 (A1) / PT105235 (B), Issued on 16/02/2012