A lecturer at the Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH), Okitipupa, Ondo State, Dr. Cecilia Oluwamodupe has received a patent certificate for her innovative research invention, Automated Parkia Extract Production Device, from the Federal Government of Nigeria.
Oluwamodupe developed the device alongside Adesola Oluwaseun Adeleye, both from the Pharmaceutical Biochemistry Research Unit, Department of Biochemistry, School of Science, OAUSTECH.
The patent certificate, dated May 26, 2025, and signed by Registrar Jane Igwe, grants Dr. Oluwamodupe and her colleague exclusive rights to their invention for 20 years, starting from May 26, 2025. The certificate reads: “For the sole use and advantage of an invention for: Automated Parkia Extract Production Device.”
Oluwamodupe is an esteemed academic leader, currently serving as the Acting Dean of the School of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences and Acting Director of the Olusegun Agagu University Leadership Academy.
She ascribed her success to God and the Vice-Chancellor for providing an environment conducive for research and learning, saying it is her contribution to help humanity.
“This invention took me six years to achieve. It is poised to help in the production of extracts from natural sources for nutraceutical and pharmaceutical purposes,” she said.
Meanwhile, the Vice-Chancellor of Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH), Okitipupa, Prof. Temi Ologunorisa has since congratulated Oluwamodupe on the remarkable achievement.
