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indeed, its complexity.”  The imperative for
expansion of capabilities could be for UP and
could be for ourselves.

consultancy to “help leverage the University
brand and specialist expertise across subject
areas” (2011 UP IPR Policy).

I was so challenged by the broad mandate of
the OVCRD that I also studied, took the
examinations, and became qualified as a patent
agent in the Philippines, together with a few
others in UP.

Lastly, again on a personal note, I thank the
OVCRD family for being a professional
family that works together, enjoys together,
learns together, and serves together.  I am, we
are all humbled yet inspired by the fact that
learning, like research or creative work, never
really ends.  To the OVCRD family and the
UP research and creative work community, I
dedicate this attempt at a haiku which was
inspired by the Penrose steps, an “impossible”
object created by Lionel Penrose and his son
Roger Penrose, that I labelled “Lifelong
Learning:”

Three years learning on this job together, we
know now that so much mo &R6