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IIS Categories:

All of the applications divide into one of the following categories. Each applicant may have dif-
ferent components, but the difference doesn’t change the criteria for them. In other words, the
jury evaluates all of the applications from all of the categories by the same measures.

• Person: If someone has done significant activities in invention and innovation ecosystem, they
can submit their application and experiences to obtain the IIS for a person.
• Product: In order to get the IIS for a product, one should know that the submitting product
must have many of the mentioned criteria, such as being tangible, having a prototype, being
already on the market, etc.
• Process: For this category, the applicant should know that the innovation of the process must
be visible. In other words, the process must have a distinctive, innovative essence to get the
IFIA Innovation Standard for a procedure. For instance, an innovative product line, or innovative
services for customers can submit their applications.
• Place: If a structure had innovative characteristics such as innovative materials, features, it
could be possible for them to achieve IIS for a building. For instance, take the case of the con-
struction of a manufacturer, education centers, complexes. If innovation is used in this struc-
ture, they can submit and get the IFIA Innovation Standard for a place.
To put it simply, this means that it doesn’t matter if the applicants are either people, products,
processes, or places. So, in order to expand the invention and innovation culture, IFIA decided
to add people, processes, and places to products for this important project.

IIS Approval Criteria:

Each following item has the range of one to six points (Except the first item; it has 4 points), and
the jury board will evaluate the applications, and they will decide the final score of each appli-
cation. Moreover, this list is not in a particular order and can be expected to change over time.

1.Does the innovation have a, international patent, PCT, EPO, USPTO?
2.Does it have a scientific or industrial certification from a related university or an influential in-
dustrial center in its region or on international scale?
3.Is the applicant an official IFIA member, INV?
4.Does the applicant have a recommendation letter from national governments, private sec-
tors, or manufactures of invention and innovation?
5.Is the innovation green or eco-friendly, preserve natural resources, or is it using recycled re-
sources? To what extent does the innovation cause pollution?
6.Does the innovation have an economic impact, potential for financial progress or cost effec-
tiveness?
7.Is the innovation more useful than the existing ideas or products? What is its innovative com-
petitive advantage?
8.Is there a public demand for the innovation? The popularity of the innovation will be estimated
by the jury. Is the innovation seasonal or can it be used in limited geographical territories?
9.At what stage of development is the innovation? Is it a prototype? Ready for market? Com-
mercialized? Or already in the market?
10.Does it have an outlined business plan, business model, or outcome with statistics? Also,
has this innovation resulted in entrepreneurship, or it will cause in creating job for people?
11.Has the submitting application participated in IFIA’s recent festivals and exhibitions in the

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