The PolyU Patents Achievement Award (PPAA) is a prestigious university-level accolade that recognises academic departments and faculty members for their exceptional commitment to knowledge transfer. This award celebrates outstanding contributions to innovation and commercialisation while encouraging a strong culture of research impact across the University.
PAIR is proud to celebrate 13 members who were recognised at the PPAA 2025, earning awards across four of the five award categories. Among them, three are RISUD members. This achievement highlights PAIR’s strong commitment to innovation, intellectual property development, and research commercialisation.
The PPAA comprises the following award categories:
- Top Patents Filing Award (Department and Individual Award): IP filing achievements over the past three years (2022–2025);
- Most Active Patents Filing Award in the Year (Department and Individual Award): Outstanding IP filing activities within year 2025;
- Most Active IP Commercialisation in the Year (Department Award): Highest number of licensing cases within year 2025;
- Outstanding IP Commercialisation Award (Individual Award): High-value licensing achievements over the past three years (2022–2025);
- Outstanding IP Commercialisation Awards in the Year (Individual Award): High-value licensing achievements within year 2025.
The PAIR awardees are as follows:
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Awardee |
Award Category |
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Prof. Benny CHEUNG Chi-fai Associate Director of RCSV Management Committee Member of RCRE Member of RIAM Chair Professor of Ultra-precision Machining and Metrology |
Top Patents Filing Award Most Active Patents Filing Award in the Year |
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Ir Prof. NI Yiqing Member of RISUD Yim, Mak, Kwok & Chung Professor in Smart Structures Chair Professor of Smart Structures and Rail Transit |
Top Patents Filing Award |
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Ir Prof. POON Chi-sun Management Committee Member of RCRE Member of RILS and RISUD Michael Anson Professor in Civil Engineering Distinguished Research Professor of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Top Patents Filing Award |
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Ir Prof. ZHENG Yongping Director of RISA Member of RI-IWEAR, RISports and RCSV Henry G. Leong Professor in Biomedical Engineering Chair Professor of Biomedical Engineering |
Top Patents Filing Award Outstanding IP Commercialisation Award |
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Prof. ZHENG Zijian Associate Director of RI-IWEAR Management Committee Member of RISE Member of RIAIoT and PRI Vice President (Knowledge Transfer) Chair Professor of Soft Materials and Devices |
Top Patents Filing Award Most Active Patents Filing Award |
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Ir Prof. ZHENG Pai Member of RIAM Wong Tit Shing Young Scholar in Smart Robotics Associate Professor of Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering |
Most Active Patents Filing Award |
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Prof. Carly LAM Member of RiFood, RISports and RCSV Adjunct Professor of School of Optometry
Prof. TO Chi-ho Member of RCMI and RCSV Visiting Chair Professor of Experimental Optometry
Prof. Dennis TSE Yan-yin Member of RCMI and RCSV Associate Professor of School of Optometry |
Outstanding IP Commercialisation Award |
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Prof. YANG Hongxing Former Management Committee Member of RISUD Former Member of RISE Retired Professor of Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering |
Outstanding IP Commercialisation Award |
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Prof. Justina LIU Yat-wa Member of RILS and RISA Associate Head (Education) and Professor of School of Nursing |
Outstanding IP Commercialisation Award |
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Prof. TAO Xiaoming Management Committee Member of PAIR Director of RI-IWEAR Member of RISE, RISA, RISports and RCTFF Chair Professor of Textile Technology Vincent and Lily Woo Endowed Professorship in Textile Technology |
Outstanding IP Commercialisation Award |
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Prof. WONG Ka-hing Management Committee Member of PAIR Director of RiFood Member of RCRE Professor of Department of Food Science and Nutrition |
Outstanding IP Commercialisation Award in the Year |
十三位理大高等研究院成員榮獲理大專利成就獎殊榮
「理大專利成就獎」是香港理工大學（理大）頒發的大學級殊榮，旨在表揚學術部門及教研人員在知識轉移方面的卓越貢獻。此獎項不僅肯定了研究人員在科技創新與商業化方面的傑出表現，亦進一步推廣重視研究影響力的深厚學術文化。
PAIR 共有 13 位成員於 「理大專利成就獎 2025」中獲表揚，並於五個獎項類別中的四個類別獲獎，當中三位是RISUD成員。此佳績充分展現 PAIR 在創新研發、知識產權保護及科研成果轉化方面的卓越表現。
「理大專利成就獎」設有以下五個獎項類別：
- 專利申請卓越獎（學系及個人獎）：過去三年（2022–2025 年）在專利申請表現卓越發明家及學系；
- 年度最活躍專利申請獎（學系及個人獎）：2025年度在專利申請方面表現最活躍的發明家及學系；
- 年度最活躍知識產權商品化獎（學系獎）：2025年度達成最多授權許可案例數量的學系；
- 專利知識產權商品化卓越獎（個人獎）： 過去三年（2022–2025 年）在知識產權商品化方面取得卓越成果，並創造重大社會價值及經濟貢獻的學者；
- 年度專利知識產權商品化卓越獎（個人獎）： 2025年度在知識產權商品化方面取得卓越成果，並創造重大社會價值及經濟貢獻的學者。
PAIR 獲獎成員名單如下：
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得獎者 |
獎項 |
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張志輝教授 視覺科學研究中心副主任 碳中和資源工程研究中心管理委員會成員 先進製造研究院成員 超精密加工與計量學講座教授 |
專利申請卓越獎 年度最活躍專利申請獎 |
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倪一清教授、工程師 可持續城市發展研究院成員 嚴、麥、郭、鍾智能結構教授 |
專利申請卓越獎
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潘智生教授、工程師 碳中和資源工程研究中心管理委員會成員 土地及空間研究院、可持續城市發展研究院成員 安禮信土木工程教授 土木及環境工程學系傑出研究教授 |
專利申請卓越獎
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鄭永平教授、工程師 智齡研究院院長 智能可穿戴系統研究院、體育科技研究院、視覺科學研究中心成員 梁顯利生物醫學工程教授 生物醫學工程講座教授 |
專利申請卓越獎 專利知識產權商品化卓越獎 |
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鄭子劍教授 智能可穿戴系統研究院副院長 潘樂陶慈善基金智慧能源研究院管理委員會成員 人工智能物聯網研究院、量子技術研究院成員 副校長（知識轉移） 軟材料及器件講座教授 |
專利申請卓越獎 年度最活躍專利申請獎 |
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鄭湃教授、工程師 先進製造研究院成員 黃鐵城智能機器人學青年學者 工業及系統工程學系副教授 |
年度最活躍專利申請獎 |
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林小燕教授 未來食品研究院、體育科技研究院、視覺科學研究中心成員 眼科視光學院客座教授
杜嗣河教授 中醫藥創新研究中心、視覺科學研究中心成員 眼科視光學訪問講座教授
謝欣然教授 中醫藥創新研究中心、視覺科學研究中心成員 眼科視光學院副教授 |
專利知識產權商品化卓越獎 |
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楊洪興教授 可持續城市發展研究院前管理委員會成員 潘樂陶慈善基金智慧能源研究院前成員 建築環境及能源工程學系前教授 |
專利知識產權商品化卓越獎 |
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雷逸華教授 土地及空間研究院、潘樂陶慈善基金智慧能源研究院成員 護理學院副院長（教育）及教授 |
年度專利知識產權商品化卓越獎 |
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陶肖明教授 理大高等研究院管理委員會成員 智能可穿戴系統研究院院長 潘樂陶慈善基金智慧能源研究院、智齡研究院、體育科技研究院、未來服裝紡織科技研究中心成員 紡織科技講座教授 吳文政及王月娥紡織科技教授 |
年度專利知識產權商品化卓越獎 |
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