WHAT ALL PATRIOTIC FILIPINOS

SHOULD KNOW ABOUT

an insight into
one of the oldest government-recognized organizations
The Singular Greatest Collection of the
Country’s Most Precious Natural Resource
Our
Intellectual Property Exponents

FIS
FILIPINO INVENTORS SOCIETY
History and Profile
Mission: The generation, development, application, production, promotion and full-scale national and global marketing of
indigenous inventions and technologies to help attain the industrial revolution, national rebirth and economic prosperity of
the nation.
Vision: A patriotic, dedicated and committed national organization of Filipino inventors, innovators, researchers,
technologists, scientists and other intellectual property exponents responsive to the needs and concerns of its members,
community and country.

FOUNDATION HISTORY
The Filipino Inventors Society (FIS) is a duly registered non-government organization of Filipino inventors who hold patents to
their works here or abroad. Its membership is widened to accommodate professionals and entrepreneurs who espouse its cause to
develop the country’s indigenous inventions and home-grown technologies.
Organized on October 14, 1943 during the World War II and the Japanese occupation, by Teo Purugganan, Pastor Reyes-
Torres and Dalmacio Buenaventura, its first President Manuel G. Goyena was elected at the Bureau of Science Building in the City of
Manila. These men were full-blooded nationalists who had a burning dream and consuming vision of self-governance and self-reliance.

CONTINUING HISTORY
Reorganized after the war with 39 members and registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 21,
1953 by its new President Sergio Bayan. Its subsequent Presidents were Tomas Parpana, Dr. Gregorio Zara, Basilio Espiritu, Gonzalo
Catan, Jr., Sofronio Sian, Roberto del Rosario, Jose Concepcion, Victor Korionoff, Jr., Ricardo Palma and Manuel Corleto (Interim),
Bormeo G. Modanza (nine consecutive terms), Edgardo Vazquez, Francisco Oral Pagayon and Rolando B. Gonzalo who is the current
elected National President.
Past National Chairmen of the Board were Jose Ma. Concepcion, Atty. Roberto S. Salido, Cesar C. Sanvictores, Ma. Carlita
Rex-Doran and Bormeo G. Modanza who has been and is the incumbent by general assembly election in honor of his. paternity of the
Inventors and Invention Incentives Act of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 7459).

MEMBERSHIP
The active membership of the Society spiraled to 100 and gradually to over 400 stout-hearted men and women who intimately
shared the same aspirations and common goal: the uptliftment of the neglected, ignored, unrecognized and virtually unknown Filipino
inventor. Nationwide, there are about 3000 to 4000 patent holders and FIS is constantly trying to reach out to them in the belief that in
harmony of union, there is nurturing of strength.
Today, though the leadership is buffeted by inter-political power struggle, flak and hostility from many sides, mostly out of
ignorance and indifference, the thrust of the organization’s ideals and the momentum of its noble programs and projects lurch on with
even greater dynamism and resolve. Neither hail nor hassle shall dampen the drive and spirit of the devoted professional men and
women at the helm of the country’s singular greatest natural resource---the Filipino inventors whose intellectual property and God-given
talents are the hope of the nation to emerge from the quagmire of stagnancy and be lifted to join the global village of supreme nations!
A BETTER, BRIGHTER VIEW
Like the unsung heroes that they are, it may come as an
eye-opening surprise to most that Filipino inventors are
far more prolific and their inventions much more
noteworthy than generally perceived.

1. EDUARDO SAN JUAN, through whose ingenuity the amazing 4-wheel drive “moon buggy” was designed in collaboration with
General Motors and Boeing and became the first terrestrial vehicle that
landed on the moon. Subsequent planetary exploration machines may
take up after this buggy which has proven itself to be “space-worthy”. A
special print issue of a Philippine postage stamp commemorated the
event and honored the inventor during the celebration of the golden
foundation anniversary (50th year) of the Filipino Inventors Society in
1993.

2. MAGGIE VILLARUZ, her invention of an agricultural implement dubbed

as “turtle” or “floating tiller” was popularized by the International Rice
Research Institute, Los Baños Laguna. Another print issue of Philippine
postage stamp commemorated the invention and honored the inventor
during the celebration of the golden foundation anniversary (50th year) of the Filipino Inventors Society in 1993.

5. AGAPITO FLORES, whose fluorescent lamp was said to have been presented to the then President of his time who was not so
impressed. However, a visitor from General Electric was attracted to the flickering tube and invited Flores and his family to the
USA. (However, this unverified claim has been made controversial by a similar claim by another Filipino inventor. In which ever
case, it is generally believed that the invention can incontestably be chalked up to the Filipino scoreboard)

6. ROBERTO L. DEL ROSARIO invented the Sing-Along System (SAS) which he has been toying with
even before the Japanese and Taiwanese could produce the versions of their own. Today, this
system is popularly known as the “Karaoke”. Also his was the original one-man-band (OMB), an
electronic piano with built-in tones of various musical instruments

7. FELIPE G. ODULIO, a prolific mechanical engineer having a strong background in industrial

electronics, patented, among his many other remarkable designs and inventions, a computer logic
circuit in the early sixties. Were it not for lack of financial backing, he would have been able to
develop it to be first Filipino computer very much ahead of American Bill Gates and others.

8. DR. ARGUELLES, for his invention of an anti-biotic called “Eloson”

9. DR. FE DEL MUNDO, for her baby incubator.

10. DR. JUAN SALCEDO, for his tiki-tiki out of rice bran.

11. Inventor MA. CARLITA REX-DORAN was first to convert liquid alcohol into solidified cooking fuel called “Siroca Solid Alco Fuel”
for which she won National Inventors Week major awards in the chemical category.

12. Inventor ERLINDA CASTRO SANQUI - WOMAN INVENTOR OF THE YEAR 1990 DOST Annual Technology Fair and National
Inventors Week. Inventions: Fruit Cake Filipina and Rita Ritz Pito-Pito Herbal Tea.

13. Inventor MARGARITA CENTENO - World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) GOLD MEDALIST YOUNG INVENTOR OF
THE YEAR. Invention: “MARWOOD” transformation of waste materials

14. Inventor ARMENGOL G. DATOR - Twice NIW AWARDEE FOR INVENTION EXCELLENCE
Inventions: cardiac rehabilitation machine, street sweeping device, “Bunot” (floor polisher) exerciser,
and a police nightstick.

15. Inventor SIMPLICIO CAPULE (deceased) - His Super Baby Oven LPGas fired, convection type and
the Capule Rotary Oven have revolutionized the baking industry of the Philippines by promoting
modern scientific baking businesses using minimal space and capital outlay. Ubiquitous Hot
Pandesal booths mushroomed at almost every street corner in towns and cities all over the country.
Simplicio is survived by his son Eduardo, who took up the cudgels for productive inventing.
 16. Inventor ALFREDO M. ANOS, SR., (deceased) - Self-educated, highly
prolific savant laureate-genius proclaimed “godfather” of Filipino
inventors. Expertise: mechanical and electrical engineering, agricultural,
industrial and medical equipment designing, as well as electronics and
acoustics sciences. Founder of Anos Research, current producer of
“Penetrator” Firetrucks by his enterprising heirs.

17. Inventor BORMEO G. MODANZA - Served as National President of the Filipino Inventors Society, Inc. (FIS) for nine (9) solid
years resulting in the passage of Republic Act No. 7459 known as the Inventors and Invention Incentives Act of the Philippines
which he “fathered” by principally lobbying for its passage. Also accredited to his efforts is the issuance of Presidential
Proclamation No. 285 calling for the official celebration of National Inventors Week. His inventions dealing in agriculture and
construction, he now Chairs the Board of Directors and Heads the Organizational Affairs Bureau.
18. Dr. DANTE V. LIBAN, PhD- Served as Chairman and President and now National Director of FIS.
Co-Holder of UM Patent No. 2-2005-000145 for a unique “Ambidex” Tablet School Chair. Also
Served as Special Adviser and Director General during his 9-year office as Representative of the 2nd
District of Quezon City. He was instrumental in obtaining the congressional release of P30M funding
for the construction of the Philippine Invention Development Center beside TAPI in the compound of
the Department of Science and Technology.

19. Dr. RANIER B. VILLANUEVA – Founder of Rainier Research & Development Institute, former
President & current Chairman, Chamber of Herbal Industries of the Philippines, Inc., former
National Vice-President of the Filipino Inventors Society, Inc., recipient of multiple International
Awards for Herbal Cosmetic Formulations, his Lauat Anti-Falling Hair Treatment Shampoo
and Anti-Dandruff Cream won in the 27th Salon International des Invention, Geneva,
Switzerland and a Silver Medal award sponsored by I-tex 2000 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
for his invention “Portable Lifter” for invalids.

The active membership of the Society spiraled to 100 and gradually to over 400 stout-hearted men and women who intimately
shared the same aspirations and common goal: the upliftment of the neglected, ignored, unrecognized and virtually unknown Filipino
inventor. Nationwide, there are about 3000 to 4000 patent holders and intellectual property exponents in one way or another. FIS is
constantly trying to reach out to all of them in the belief that they all share the same rights, privileges and protection under Republic
Acts 8293 and 7459 and that in harmony of union, there is nurturing of strength.

Today, though the leadership is buffeted by inter-political power struggle, flak and hostility from many sides, mostly out of
ignorance and indifference, the thrust of the organization’s ideals and momentum of its noble programs and projects lurch on with even
greater dynamism and resolve. Neither hail nor hassle shall dampen the drive of the devoted professional men and women at the helm
of the country’s singular greatest natural resource---the Filipino inventors whose intellectual property and God-given talents are the
hope of the nation to emerge from this quagmire of stagnancy and be lifted to join the global village of prosperous nations!

SOME OF OUR MOST PROMINENT MEMBERS:

The man and his field of dreams
Bonifacio Isidro (deceased) Inventor of Agad Thresher and Mini-Agad
Thresher and his awards in his new house at C&B compound in
Maginao, Bulacan. He passed on mid-year 2008 but his bloomfield is
carried on by his energetic siblings.

Cosmic cosmetology
Dr. Rorlando B. Hortaleza MD, founder of SPLASH and HBC
Corporations: Gigantic Global Herbal Cosmetics Industry now worth
billions and still growing. He is Chairman Emeritus of the Filipino
Inventors Society and is reputed to be one the youngest and most
successful technopreneurs in the country.

The fire that’s still good

For over 50 years to the present, Inventor Enrique L.
Laguinia has been supplying the country with his low-cost,
low-maintenance and low-risk GOODFIRE cooking stoves.
 The Amazing Touch of Glory
Inventor Rolando C. dela Cruz reaps awards in VII Moscow
International Salon of Industrial Property “Archimedes 2004” held
in Culture Exhibition Centre “Sokolniki”, Moscow, Russia, April
02, 2004. These were followed by more awards from Germany
and the UN-World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and
from the Department of Science and Technology in later years.

The Former FIS National President

Here is a national campaign poster of Invr. Francisco
Oral Pagayon opposing primitive and hazardous
highway pavement palay drying responsible for the
perennial 15-billion-peso wastage in staple cereal
production. Invr. Pagayon is even more known for his
Police Alternative Technical Weapon PROBATON for
peace and order use now proliferating the country.

Explorer and Diventurer.

One of the youngest and most prolific, Invr. Glenn T. Castillo is advocate of the
miniature under-the-hood hydrogen power reactor for safer tankless supply of
water fuel on the feed-to-need basis. Exponent of other inventions on fuel
expansion for conservation, super organic fertilizer, ultra health care,
alternative medicine, instant solid waste management and seawater
desalination.

World Recognized Inventor/Technologist

EDUARDO A. CAPULE
Member of the FIS and FISPC Board of Directors

GOLD MEDAL and SPECIAL AWARD WINNER

AMONGST 56 COUNTRIES AND
OVER 500 COMPETING INVENTIONS!
SURVIVING SON OF THE LATE MULTI-AWARDEE
SIMPLICIO A. CAPULE, SR.
FAMED FOR ‘HOT PAN DE SAL’ MICRO ENTERPRISES WITH HIS
SUPER BABY OVEN LPGAS FIRED, CONVECTION TYPE AND
ROTARY OVEN THAT REVOLUTIONIZED THE BAKING INDUSTRY
IN THE PHILIPPINES.

MORE OF OUR MOST OUTSTANDING WOMEN MEMBERS:

INVR. GRACE G. GUPANA of ABS Herbs International, holder of 7 Guiness World Book of
Records, numerous awards and international recognition, and 16 Patents.

INVR. ADLERMA “Dinky” A. HEMENTERA of Plantex Safe Organic Cleaning Solutions, the 1st
and only one certified by Green Choice, Philippines, and awarded as the Best Multi-Purpose Liquid Disinfectant Solution by
the Consumers Choice and Dangal ng Pilipinas, passing the standards set by Gold Brands Council of the Philippines.

INVR. MA. ESTRELLA “Maristel” ANOS-GARCIA of Anos Research & Manufacturing, maker of
Penetrator, Patriot and 3-in-One Rescue/Ambulance Firetrucks.

INVR. FELISA P. VELONZA of ETTA’S International Cosmetics, beauty specialist recipient of

awards from various distinguished institutes and organizations such as Most Outstanding Inventor (Cosmetic Category) in
the National Inventors Expo in Geneva, Switzerland in 1989.

INVR. ERLINDA C. SANQUI of RITA RITZ Bake House and Food Products, multiple
International Awardee including UN-WIPO “Woman Inventor of Year 1990” Gold Medal.

INVR./DR. EDINELDA O. CALVARIO exponent of EC27 Botanicare Guava Soap.

INVR. JESHELLA S. PONCE, Insecticide, Bacteriocide, Larvaecide & Vermicide Specialist.

INVR. GRECILDA SANCHEZ-ZABALLERO of AhCil Laboratories, Inc., maker of ANTICA Non-

Toxic Organic Pesticides and Fungicides, Tingub, Mandaue City, Cebu.

INVR. MA. SUZANNE “Apple” A. MORALES proponent of AM SOYAMI FOOD PRODUCTS &
MARKETING and dedicated advocate of Soy Beans for various enticingly delicious health food recipes to help counter
malnutrition and green food starvation most prevalent among junk food lovers of affluent countries.

FIS ACHIEVEMENTS THEN AND NOW

The FIS held the first “National Exhibition of Inventions” on February 12, 1955 at the National Development Corporation
compound at Pureza Street, Sampaloc, Manila, to initially highlight the inventiveness of Filipinos. Subsequently, it secured
Proclamation 187 declaring the celebration of the annual “National Inventors Week” which was amended under Proclamations No. 355
and 285 by President Fidel Ramos. This annual event has effectively enhanced the promotion and recognition of local inventions,
innovations and technologies thru government-organized and privately-sponsored exhibits and expositions here and abroad.
ACHIEVEMENT
FIS single-handedly lobbied for the passage of Republic Act 7459, otherwise known as the Inventors and Invention Incentives
Act of the Philippines giving more privileges than the previous RA 3850, as amended, and is being nationally implemented by the
Department of Science and Technology (DOST) thru the Technology Application and Promotion Institute (TAPI), by the Bureau of
Internal Revenue, the Department of Finance, and the Department of the Interior and Local Government.
ACHIEVEMENT
In 1988 FIS became a full voting member of the International Federation of Inventors’ Associations (IFIA) organized and
assisted by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and was represented at the conventions and symposia held in
Malaysia, Beijing (PROC), Finland, USA, Switzerland, South Korea and other countries. The voting power of FIS was dramatically
demonstrated in the historic International Convention of Inventors Associations in Beijing, China, a general assembly of the IFIA
attended by representatives of inventors organizations of over 80 countries including the United States, Canada, Germany, France,
Sweden and Japan, held every two years.
ACHIEVEMENT
FIS has also linked and signed up Memoranda of Agreement and Understanding with many government and private agencies
and organizations such as the Philippine National Police, Bureau of Postharvest Research and Extension, Department of Agriculture
RFU 5, Meganomics Specialists International, Inc., ADTECH Group, KASAMA and SAGIP Environment, Inc., Technology and
Livelihood Resource Center and the Society of Mechanical Engineers with technical working groups engaged in “techno-pool” joint-
effort endeavors and projects.
ACHIEVEMENT
FIS initiated/participated with various academic institutions such as the University of the Philippines, Ateneo de Manila
University, De la Salle University, and the Technological Universities of the Philippines in research and development policy formulation
and advocacy.
ACHIEVEMENT
FIS formed the Filipino Inventors Society Producer Cooperative, duly registered with the Cooperative Development
Authority to provide an outlet for marketable and commercially viable inventions/innovations.
ACHIEVEMENT
FIS today boasts of a wide spectrum of inventive/innovative talents and capabilities from low to high end technologies that can
address all areas of agricultural, industrial, housing, ecological, energy conservation, power management, and economic concerns. It
has put in place idea generators and the means by which viable ideas can be quickly developed and promoted with the help of Indus-
trial designers, skilled entrepreneurs and experienced managerial executors.
ACHIEVEMENT
Grand FIS Diamond Jubilee Concert and Hall of Fame Awards Night
celebration of the 60th year of the historic Society since its heroic days of organization in
1943 held December 6, 2003 at the 3,000-person capacity Crossroads Convenarium,
Bread of Life Ministries, Mo. Ignacia Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City.

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The Malabrigo, Lobo, Batangas Sea Bliss Artificial Coral Reef Rejuvenation Pilot Project in conjunction with the Bureau of Fishery & Aquatic Resources
Costal Environment Rehabilitation Program. FIS Officers and Directors meeting with the Lobo Municipality officials, early May, 2005 conducting free
educational and informative lectures and seminars on natural coral reef conditions and briefings on the procedural proper use of the FIS Sea Bliss Artificial
Coral Reef Rehabilitation and Rejuvenation System to stimulate re-growth and envigoration of coastal marine life and augment the fishing industry.

ANOTHER MILESTONE is set at the initiative of FIS, a P30-million PHILIPPINE INVENTION DEVE-
LOPMENT CENTER funded by Congress. This historic photo shows Speaker Jose C. de Venecia, Jr. (center,
standing) flanked and surrounded by jubilant inventors during the ground-breaking ceremony in the DOST
complex in Bicutan, Taguig (now city). Also in photo is Congressman Dante V. Liban (left foreground, seated).
Note billboard prophetic sign: “ONTHIS SITE WILL RISE” which FIS vows will someday be fulfilled with both
government and private initiatives.
 MORE ACHIEVEMENTS

FIS DOES IT AGAIN! Above photo taken during the INVENTORS/BROADCASTERS FORUM held at the Rembrant Hotel
early in January 2011 highlighting the Department of Science & Technology, Filipino Inventors Society, National Press Club
and Liga ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas tri-media-covered conference. Handclasped are from left: FIS National Vice-President
Francisco Oral Pagayon, FIS National President, LBP President and NPC Auditor Rolando B. Gonzalo, DOST Secretary Mario
G. Montejo (in white, center) and LBP Chairman Mike Abe. Also in the group are other FIS, LBP and NPC members.

COME, SEE and CELEBRATE

NATIONAL INVENTORS WEEK
(Pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 285)

1 2
November 15 to 21, 2010 and 2011

Linking Indigenous Inventions, Innovations and Technologies with Commerce and Industry, Small, Medium
and Large Enterprises. A joint project of the Quezon City Vice Mayor’s Office and the Filipino Inventors Society.

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

FREE
ADMISSION
PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS:
 Quezon City Chamber of Commerce & Industry
 Philippine Chamber of Commerce & Industry
 Local Government Units (LGUs)
 Women Inventors Association (WIAPI)
 Filipino Inventors Society (FIS)
 MORE ACHIEVEMENTS

PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION OF FIS-DOST MEETING AND FIS TOUR OF DOST FACILITIES IN LATE PART 2010 WHEN
SEC. MARIO MONTEJO ASSUMED POSITION. MANY MORE SUCH MEETINGS FOLLOWED IN 2011 ESTABLISHING CLOSER
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FILIPINO INVENTORS SOCIETY, THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY,
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, AND OTHER AGENCIES OF THE GOVERNMENT.

ACTION PROGRAM
Pursuit of passage of the House and Senate Bills for re-institution of the National Inventors Commission (NIC), consolidating
laws, orders and the like including RA 7459 for better inventors’ incentives and cognizance. People empowerment is the strongest
element of an effective organizational or institutional structure. FIS yearns for government support in the manner that economically
advanced countries have cuddled their intellectual property exponents. FIS desires a degree of autonomical empowerment to
demonstrate with a free hand the full extent of its capabilities. This move is an opportunity for the government to privatize some of its
functions and funds into the clear and transparent responsibility and accountability of NIC and a chance for inventors to prove their
viability as an economic resource.
ACTION
Reach out to about 3,000 inventors nationwide to be organized into chapters to make it a federated umbrella organization of
Filipino inventors whether it be regional, provincial or other modes of organizational zoning.

ACTION
Strengthen its organization development program, expand its membership base and consolidate its gains to increase linkages
with more institutions that could help in the development of indigenous technology.
 YOUTH OF THE MILLENIUM

ATTENTION
CALLING ALL STUDENTS AND YOUTHS
JOIN THE YOUNG
INVENTORS SOCIETY*
AN AUXILIARY OF THE FILIPINO INVENTORS SOCIETY
OLDEST INSTITUTION OF THE PHILIPPINE’S INVENTORS, INNOVATORS,
TECHNOLOGISTS, SCIENTISTS, INDUSTRIAL DESIGNERS AND ENGINEERS

REGISTER AND BECOME A MEMBER

OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS GOVERNMENT-RECOGNIZED ORGANIZATION OF
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY EXPONENTS BY REPUBLIC ACTS 8293 AND 7459.
TAKE PART IN THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT
FOR GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS IN
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, TRADE AND INDUSTRY
“Gather Ye ‘Round O Youth, Hope of Your Generation, and Form the Future of Your Nation”

A non-government organization FILL OUT YOUR APPLICATION FORM: AT

supported by the UN-World ________________________________
Intellectual Property Organization ________________________________
(WIPO) and member of the APPROVED MEMBERS WILL RECEIVE A
FRAMABLE CERTIFICATE, WALLET-SIZE
International Federation of VALID ID, BENEFITS AND PRIVILEGES.
Inventors Associations (IFIA)

*Junior Filipino Inventors Society with current membership of public and private-run Science High School, Vocational School
and International School students, most of whom are winners and awardees of local and foreign prizes and recognition.

ACTION
Aggressive pursuit of the ASEAN Patent Cooperation Treaty with the Intellectual Property Office
(Philippine Patent Office) for the benefit of its members in consultation with WIPO and IFIA. Alongside is
another proposal for a federation of inventors’ organizations in the ASEAN or Asia-Pacific basin concurrent
with a National Federation of Filipino Inventors’ Associations with the Filipino Inventors Society as the umbrella
organization.
ACTION
Seek and secure outlays, donations, grants-in-aids from various local and foreign benefactors,
organizations and institutions to fund the various stages of developing inventions and innovations from idea to
marketplace under the Adopt An Invention Program of the Society.
ACTION
Utilize the expertise of professional, financial,
management and marketing establishments or
individuals to bring inventions within the reach of
people.
ACTION
Intensified negotiation of grant-in-aids for our national
headquarters including the setting-up of a fully computerized
Data Bank: Technology, Intellectual Property and Technical
Information Library and Brokering Office for promoting,
establishing and enhancing business and entrepreneurial
linkages with world wide access and fast track information
processing. This makes up the nucleus, heart and core of the
proposed Philippine Invention Center in the Capital City to
house a permanent national expository of Filipino inventive and
innovative achievements (past, present and future), historical
museum and Hall of Fame, Science and Invention Convention
Hall. The Center is envisioned to serve as an important and
prestigious tourism landmark giving re-cognition to the nation’s singular greatest natural resource: the Filipino inventor and intellectual
proponent. R&D infra-structural development of the FIS Productivity Center featuring common service research and development
laboratory, prototyping, workshop shop facilities, industrial design, packaging, warehousing, and other special service facilities for all
member inventors.
 THE FIS 10-POINT AGENDA 2012
Aimed at Benefiting the Invention Welfare Programs under the new leadership PURSUANT TO THE
BOARD-APPROVED ACTIVITIES, PROJECTS AND UNDERTAKINGS, FOR IMMEDIATE IMPLE-
MENTATION, as follows, in their numerical order of priority:

Point 1 VIGOROUS FUND RAISING CAMPAIGN aimed at direct grants from foreign institutions and
International Cooperative and Development Agencies such as JICA, JETRO, AUSAID, UNDP, Chambers of
Commerce and Industry, WB, ADB, foreign invention associations, science and technology groups and
organizations, and foundations that are seeking deserving grantees.

Point 2 RE-ORGANIZATION and CREATION OF SPECIAL ACTION COMMITTEES, BUREAUS and

TECHNICAL WORKING GROUPS to include:
(a) Campaigns spearheading free Science Education Training Program for Science School Teachers, College and State University
Professors to upgrade, enhance, improve and update methods and techniques instilling creativity, inventiveness and
resourcefulness focused on indigenous technologies, resources and materials, thru series of lectures and seminars nationwide.
(b) Save Manila, Save the Philippines Campaign to build the MARINe SEAGATE foreign-funded Manila Bay tidal dam and convert
it into a freshwater reservoir for the purposes of: 1. Preventing Metro Manila from sinking; 2. Stopping Central Luzon flooding;
3. Solving the water supply crisis by a created sustainable new source; 4. Lower Manila Bay level by 2 meters and reclaim over
100,000 hectares of foreshore and marginal land; and 5. Enabling a circumferential hi-way and monorail connecting Cavite and
Bataan to Manila thru Corregidor.

Point 3 PUBLIC INFORMATION DRIVE for enhanced FIS image and recognition by maximized tri-media
exposure augmentation programs spearheaded by the FIS official media arm MEDIAaffairs Incorporated thru
its government nationwide facilities awarded by FAMAS as Most Outstanding Radio and TV Program on
Science and Technology, and its print media facilities operating under the Liga ng mga Brodkaster sa Pilipinas
(LBP) and the National Press Club (NPC).

Point 4 JUNIOR FILIPINO INVENTORS SOCIETY auxiliary organization of young accomplished

inventors, awardees for excellent achievement in science and innovative technologies, and aspiring youths in
elementary, high school and college, out-of-school youths, and exemplary young entrepreneurs. Inception was
made with the initial membership of two outstanding students of Fountain International School: Royce Pacibe
and Raffy Dimakuta, both age 13, International “Olympiad” Gold Medal awardees for their “crystal radio”
invention, each awarded a Plaque of Recognition by the Filipino Inventors Society, followed and replicated by
nearly 70 other young and gifted students from many different science and vocational schools in the tele-
communications, environmental and energy conservation category, who were likewise awarded similarly.
Hundreds more from state universities and colleges are next in line especially in the technopreneurial category.
Point 5
OPENING OF MORE (FIS) PINOY TECHNO
BAZAARS:
(a) Sponsored showcase in commercial spots
(b) “Rolling Store” Pinoy Techno Bazaar.
Point 6 PURSUIT OF SENATE AND CON-
GRESS HOUSE BILLS APPROVAL FOR RE-
INSTITUTION OF PHILIPPINE INVENTORS
COMMISSION (PIC). Intensified strategic, well-
timed, well-placed and well-organized lobbying
action to emphatically stress the great impor-
tance of the passing of these Bills not only to
inventors but to the entire nation.

Point 7 MORE VIGOROUS, BROADER and MORE MEANINGFUL LINKAGES with RELEVANT
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES as well as with PRIVATE ENTITIES and INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.

Whole Month of July, 2011

G/F Industry & Investment Bldg., Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue, Makati City
A JOINT PROJECT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE & INDUSTRY and THE FILIPINO INVENTORS SOCIETY (FIS)

Point 8 MORE AGGRESSIVE TO-THE-LETTER AMENDMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF RA 7459 by

revisitation and consolidation of Implementing Rules and Regulations in accordance to Subcommittee on
Oversight, Congressional Committee on Science and Technology Report No. 1 dated August 29, 1996,
sponsored by Hon. Angelito M. Sarmiento.
Point 9 PURSUIT OF INFRA-STRUCTURE PROJECTS:
(a) Completion of the unfinished Philippine Invention Development Center (PIDC) beside TAPI building, DOST compound;
(b) Construction of Mobile Techno Van or “Invention Products Showcase on Wheels” for maximum exposure promotion and
marketing; and
(c) Erection of FIS permanent expository landmark Philippine Invention Center in the Knowledge Capital Quezon City to house our
Convention Center, Hall of Fame and Museum, PR and Information Office, Showroom and Sales Office, etc.

Point 10 Better-organized, publicized and more attractive annual November NIW celebration with
sponsored souvenir program magazines, side shows, and invention products exposition featuring
both local and invited foreign exhibitors, supplemented by:
 Publication and distribution of “The PHILIPPINE INVENTORS &
INVENTIONS CATALOG & DIREC-TORY” designed to arouse, motivate,
inspire, guide and inform inventors and would-be inventors and innovators
in the development and protection of the intellectual property of Filipinos;
featuring pertinent information on past and present Filipino inventors and
their respective inventions.
 Printing and dissemination of FIS Prospectus.
 Printing and publication of FIS NEWSLETTER with improved editorial
quality and greater scope of circulation to be undertaken by the designated
Bureau. In lieu of, an interim monthly legal-size newsletter is being
disseminated among members in order to keep them abreast of what’s
going on and on top of events as they unfold. This newsletter is issued and
mailed to all members at the beginning of each month and weeks before
the last Saturday of every month together with the announcement or notice
of the unfailing Monthly Regular General Meeting.

All of the foregoing programs, projects and special activities are conceived, designed and are currently being put into action to
help in the development of inventions, innovations, utility and design ideas (as in drawing, planning, experimentation, prototyping,
researches, patent application, production financing, commercialization and marketing) with the Special Projects Committee.
The time has come for the intellectual property product of the Filipino to be globally competitive and recognized.
Given the proper support, the right environment and adequate atmosphere of economic freedom, that time is now.

WAKE UP CALL:
EVERYONE KNOWS THAT OUR COUNTRY IS WAY BEHIND IN WORLD TRADE, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. ECONOMIC AND
SCIENTIFIC EXPERTS SAY IT MAY TAKE A DECADE OR TWO FOR US TO CATCH UP. SOME SAY IT WILL TAKE FOREVER. THE BRUTAL
TRUTH, IS THIS: IF WE DO NOT CHANGE OUR “WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME” AND “BAHALA NA” ATTITUDE, THE LATTER VIEW IS MORE LIKELY.
ONLY SOME YEARS AGO, WE WERE THE JEWEL OF THE FAR EAST, SO HIGH ABOVE ALL OTHER ASIAN NATIONS THAT THEY LOOKED
UP TO US WITH RESPECT AND EVEN FOR AID. TODAY, THE TABLE HAS TURNED COMPLETELY AROUND. HOW DID WE SLIDE BACK
SO FAR AND GET SO BOGGED DOWN IN THIS QUAGMIRE OF STAGNATION?!!!
WORLD HISTORY BEARS WITNESS TO THE FACT THAT INVENTIONS HAVE PRODUCED THE INDUSTRIES AND TECHNOLOGIES THAT
CATAPULTED ALL PROGRESSIVE NATIONS TO THEIR PRESENT STATE OF ECONOMIC MIGHT AND GLORY. THIS GLARING TRUTH
STARES US IN THE FACE AND ALL WE CAN DO IS STARE BACK IN AWE. AND ENVY. IS IT BECAUSE WE DON’T HAVE ANY INVENTION
TO SPEAK OF? OR NOT ENOUGH INTELLECTUAL “KNOW-HOW”? EVERY FULL-BLOODED FILIPINO WILL VEHEMENTLY DISAGREE.
OR IS IT WISDOM WE LACK. NO FILIPINO WILL ADMIT THAT EITHER. WHY THEN, IS THIS NATION’S GREATEST NATURAL RESOURCE
SO IGNORED?
ANSWER: BECAUSE THE FILIPINO DOES NOT HAVE FAITH IN THE FILIPINO. LET’S FACE THE TRUTH: MOST OF US DO NOT BELIEVE
THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PICK OURSELVES UP BY OUR OWN SANDAL STRAPS AND RISE UP EQUAL WITH THE WORLD’S
BEST. WE ARE GENERALLY NEGATIVISTS AND SELF-EFACING—QUICK TO DEGRADE OUR OWN AS INFERIOR AND UNTRUST-
WORTHY. THAT’S THE REASON WHY WE HAVE TO CONVINCE OURSELVES WITH PLATITUDES AND HYPED-UP SLOGANS TO
PROMOTE AND SELL THE FILIPINO TO HIMSELF! OUR NATIONALISM IS NOT BUILT-IN. IT HAS TO BE INCULCATED IN THE MIND AND
HEART OF EACH FILIPINO THAT THE SURVIVAL OF OUR NATION IS BASED ON OUR FAITH IN OURSELVES AS A PEOPLE AT PAR WITH
THE WORLD’S GREATEST! “YES, THE FILIPINO CAN!” IS THE ONLY SLOGAN THAT MAKES SENSE. OTHERS ARE JUST EMPTY
SUPERLATIVES CLAIMING THAT WE ARE BETTER AND THAT WE SHOULD BE PROUD WHEN THERE IS NOT MUCH TO BE PROUD OF
YET. WE LIKE TO DISILLUSION OURSELVES BY BUILDING A PUFFED-UP IMAGE THAT IS BASED ON HALF-TRUTH FOUNDED ON
ACHIEVEMENTS OF A MERE FEW. OUR RISE AS A NATION CAN BE DONE BUT WITH GREAT RESOLVE AND DETERMINATION. WE
HAVE YET A LONG AND ARDOUS WAY TO GO. IF WE DON’T KNOW THAT OR REFUSE TO ACCEPT THAT, OUR HOPE IS NIL.
SOME FOREIGNERS SAY “WE (FILIPINOS) ARE GOING TO THE DOGS!” BUT WITH ONLY A CHANGE OF ATTITUDE, WE CAN PROVE
THEM WRONG. A CHANGE OF HEART IS MAYBE ASKING TOO MUCH BECAUSE FOR THE FILIPINO, IT MAY REALLY REQUIRE A
TRANSPLANT. A NEW, BETTER AND IMPROVED ATTITUDE IS MORE PLAUSIBLE. IN TIME, THE CHANGE OF HEART WILL FOLLOW
NATURALLY WITHOUT NEED FOR SURGERY. POSITIVE ATTITUDE BUILDS CONFIDENCE AND COUNTERACTS MORAL DECAY.
CHANGE OF ATTITUDE TOWARDS WHAT?
FACT: Hundreds of indigenous inventions are gathering dust in dark cabinets waiting for an encouraging hand to lead them out to the light of
recognition and development.
FACT: Many Filipino inventors have chosen to seek support from foreigners and have eventually opted to sell their inventions to foreign countries
where they have received the attention and recognition they desire and deserve. Consequently, these host countries are immensely benefitting from
our intellectual resources and needless to say, our loss is both economic and in prestige. Sad to say more, we are not even aware of it.
FACT: Of the total world expenditure on technological research and development, 50% is that of the United States which puts up 2.65% of its annual
GNP for this purpose. Other countries are not far behind.
FACT: The Philippines allocates a fraction of a fraction of 1% of its GNP (miniscule as it is) for what it calls as “R&D for science and technology
assistance fund” and the trickle is begrudgingly availed to only a handful of hand-picked beneficiaries chosen by way of painstaking “eye of the
needle” bureaucratic system of evaluation. This is of course belied by government press releases and show-off publicity.
In 2003, the late journalist Teodoro C. Benigno wrote this lamentation: “Folly, folly, everywhere. We never learn. And maybe that’s our tragedy as a
people. Everything is déjù vu. You have seen one. You have seen all. We do not know how to create, to innovate, to invent, to devise, to set up
new building blocks.” No heart change will improve this inability. But it is not an incapacity. A change of attitude will instantly awaken the inherent
capability in any man.
TODAY, AS ALWAYS, THE FILIPINO INVENTORS SOCIETY (FIS), A NON-GOVERNMENT, NON-STOCK, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DULY
RECOGNIZED BY LAW PARTICULARLY BY VIRTUE OF REPUBLIC ACT 7459, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE INVENTORS AND INVENTION
INCENTIVES ACT OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTS THE COUNTRY’S UNTAPPED GREATEST NATURAL RESOURCE OF INTEL-
LECTUAL PROPERTY WAITING AND YEARNING TO BE UNEARTHED. INVENTION INDUSTRIES ARE THE MOST POWERFUL TOOLS TO
FIGHT POVERTY AND STAGNATION. LET’S USE OUR OWN INVENTIONS TO CATCH UP AND KEEP IN STEP WITH THE REST OF THE
WORLD. IT’S OUR ONLY HOPE LEST WE GET LEFT TOO FAR BEHIND “TO THE DOGS”. LET FILIPINO INVENTIONS BE DEVELOPED TO
THE FULLEST SO THAT OUR COUNTRY WILL BE SELF-SUFFICIENT. IF WE CAN PRODUCE WHAT WE NEED, THERE SHALL BE NO NEED
TO IMPORT OR TO SMUGGLE IN PRODUCTS WE ALREADY HAVE.
SO MANY OF OUR FILIPINO INVENTORS HAVE ALREADY DIED IN VAIN TRYING TO BE HEARD OF THEIR CRIES THAT WE CAN DO THIS.
OUR FILIPINO INVENTORS SOCIETY HALL OF FAME IS BUT A TESTAMENT TO THE FORSAKEN LIVING AND DEMISED FILIPINO
INVENTORS WHO HAVE BEEN IGNORED: INVENTORS LIKE ROBERTO DEL ROSARIO WHO WAS FIRST TO INVENT THE “KARAOKE”;
BULACAN’S MINI-TRESHER WIZARD BONIFACIO ISIDRO; FELIPE ODULIO WHO INVENTED THE MICROCHIP AHEAD OF BILL GATES;
FLORES WHO INVENTED THE FLOURESCENT LIGHT; SAN JUAN WHO INVENTED THE MOON BUGGY; GLENN CASTILLO WHO INVENTED
THE ON-BOARD HYDROGEN FUEL REACTOR (HE WAS ALSO FIRST TO APPLY NANOTECHNOLOGY ON HEALTH FOODS AND ORGANIC
FERTILIZER); ALFREDO ANOS AND ROLANDO DELA CRUZ WHO (LIKE MANY OTHER FILIPINO INVENTORS RECOGNIZED ABROAD) HAS
BEEN MULTI-AWARDED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES FOR THEIR NUMEROUS SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS, ARE TO NAME A FEW.
YET, AS MANY ARE TODAY LIVING PROOFS OF THE FILIPINO INVENTOR’S GREAT ABILITY, CAPACITY AND TENACITY TO PREVAIL
AMIDST INCREDIBLE ADVERSITY. AGAIN, TO NAME A FEW FOR LACK OF SPACE ARE THE MOST PROLIFIC AND PROMINENT DR.
ROLANDO HORTALEZA OF SPLASH CORPORATION; INVR. HERNIE DECENA OF THE AMAZING BRINE IMMERSION FREEZING MACHINE;
INVR. MARISTEL ANOS-GARCIA OF ANOS RESEARCH MFG. PRODUCER OF THE FAMOUS PENETRATOR, PATRIOT AND AMBULANCE
FIRETRUCKS; GUINESS WORLD BOOK HOLDER OF 7 RECORDS GRACE GUPANA OF ABS GEN. HERBS INTERNATIONAL, DENNIS
ALVAREZ OF FILIPINO 1ST IC GREEN ENGINE OIL ENHANCER AND FUEL EXPANDER, AND STEVENSON REJUSO OF 2BIG POWER
FUELESS ELECTRIC GENERATOR.
AND WE HAVE SO MANY MORE INTELLECTUAL SLEEPING GIANTS WHO ARE JUST WAITING TO BE PULLED OUT OF ANONIMITY AND
OBSCURITY, EAGER AND READY TO ANSWER WHEN THEIR NAMES WILL BE CALLED.
A LEADER EMERGES TO PICK UP AND THRUST FORWARD THE PHILIPPINE FLAG AND TO USHER IN THE RE-BIRTH OF THE FILIPINO!
WAKE UP! WE HAVE BEEN ASLEEP FOR TOO LONG! RALLY BEHIND OUR LEADER WHO IS DESTINED TO CHAMPION OUR CAUSE, OUR
DREAMS AND ASPIRATIONS. THE FILIPINO INVENTORS SOCIETY STANDS IN THE FOREFRONT OF THIS MOVEMENT.

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