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| Description: | Background: Ayurveda rests on a vast corpus of codified and community-held traditional knowledge (TK) and on therapeutics derived from plant, microbial and animal sources. Protecting and commercialising an Ayurvedic product means navigating several overlapping regimes at once: patents, geographical indications (GI), trademarks, copyright, designs, trade secrets and plant-variety rights; the Access-and-Benefit-Sharing duties that flow from India’s sovereignty over its biological resources; and the drug-regulatory framework that decides whether a formulation is a classical medicine, a proprietary medicine, a new drug, a phytopharmaceutical, a food or a cosmetic. Practitioners, researchers, AYUSH startups and MSMEs and cultivators routinely struggle with this. The result is twofold: legitimate Ayurvedic innovation is under-protected and under-commercialised, while India’s traditional knowledge remains exposed to misappropriation abroad. Recent shifts - the 2024 patent and biodiversity rules, the WIPO Treaty on Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge (2024) and a fast-moving advertising and regulatory landscape - make authoritative, plain-language guidance more necessary than ever, yet no such tool exists for the AYUSH community. Description: The assistant answers IPR questions specific to Ayurveda with accuracy, source citation and jurisdictional clarity, keeping the national and the international layers distinct through an explicit jurisdiction switch so that answers are never conflated. Because intellectual property for an Ayurvedic product is inseparable from how the product is regulated, the assistant first helps classify the formulation. It asks the minimum clarifying questions to determine whether the product is a classical/generic medicine (formulation and method drawn from a First-Schedule authoritative text), a patent-or-proprietary medicine, a new or non-classical drug requiring proof of safety and effectiveness, a phytopharmaceutical, an Ayurveda-Aahar / nutraceutical, or a cosmetic - and then states what each category requires and its very different IP and ABS posture. For example, a classical formulation is largely traditional knowledge that faces the Section 3(p) patenting bar and is defended through the Traditional Knowledge Digital Library, whereas a new drug gains genuine patent potential but must generate clinical evidence. National coverage spans the Patents Act (and the 2024 Rules), the GI, Trade Marks, Designs, Copyright and Plant-Variety regimes, the Biological Diversity Act (as amended in 2023, with the 2024 Rules) and the allied drug, advertising, labelling and food/cosmetic regimes - the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act and the FSSAI Ayurveda-Aahar regulations. International coverage separately spans TRIPS, the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Nagoya Protocol, the WIPO GRATK Treaty, the PCT, the Madrid and Hague systems, the Budapest Treaty (for micro-organism deposits) and the herbal-product market-access regimes of key export markets. The assistant also facilitates access to authoritative sources - free official databases directly and the user’s own paid subscriptions only with explicit, logged permission - so that a user can move from a question to the right registry, record or form. It must cite the specific statute, rule, treaty article or record it relies on; clearly state that it provides information and not legal advice; keep its corpus current as the law changes; and never fabricate authority. Expected solution: A deployable, multilingual assistant built on retrieval-augmented generation grounded in a curated, version-tracked corpus of statutes, rules, treaties, pharmacopoeial standards, registry records and case law, so that every answer is traceable to a source and hallucination is minimised. The solution should provide: a jurisdiction toggle (India vs international) with the two answer-sets kept visibly separate; routing across IP types together with the formulation-classification flow; an ABS-compliance helper and a TKDL / prior-art pointer; mandatory source citations with a confidence indicator and a path to escalate to a human IP facilitator; multilingual delivery (leveraging national language infrastructure such as Bhashini); and guardrails, a standing 'information, not legal advice' disclaimer and privacy, audit and security aligned to the Digital Personal Data Protection regime and to recognised AI-application standards. A relational knowledge graph and agentic, multi-source orchestration deepen multi-step reasoning and the build can be staged - a citation-grounded retrieval MVP first, then the graph and agentic layers, then paid-source connectors and the full multilingual and voice experience. The output should be evaluable on answer accuracy, citation correctness, safe abstention on out-of-scope or uncertain queries and multilingual quality. |
| Organization: | Ministry of Ayush |
| Department: | All India Institute of Ayurveda |
| Category: | Software |
| Theme: | MedTech / BioTech / HealthTechtd> |
| Youtube Link: | Not provided |
| Dataset Link: | The corpus can be assembled from open, authoritative public sources; representative examples: •Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) - tkdl.res.in •Statutes & rules - India Code, indiacode.nic.in •IP India public databases (patents/InPASS, trade marks, designs, GI Registry) - ipindia.gov.in •National Biodiversity Authority / ABS - nbaindia.or |
| Contact info: | Not provided |
IP-SAKTI Sahayak is an authoritative, multilingual, source-cited Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) assistant integrated with a relational Knowledge Graph and agentic orchestration. [PS] Designed specifically for the Ministry of Ayush and the All India Institute of Ayurveda, it provides precise legal and regulatory guidance across overlapping intellectual property (IP), Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS), and drug/food regulatory frameworks in national and international jurisdictions. [PS] The core innovation lies in its structured formulation-classification decision engine, an explicit national-vs-international jurisdiction toggle, source citation with statutory precision, and safe abstention guardrails aligned with India's Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act. [PS] [INFERENCE]
| Metadata Field | Specification |
|---|---|
| PS Number | SIH26045 [PS] |
| Title | IP-SAKTI Sahayak: A multilingual, RAG-based (source-cited) AI assistant for Intellectual Property and regulatory guidance in Ayurveda, across national and international regimes [PS] |
| Organization | Ministry of Ayush [PS] |
| Department | All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) [PS] |
| Category | Software [PS] |
| Theme | MedTech / BioTech / HealthTech [PS] |
| Deadline | 30 September 2026 [PS] |
| Ideas Counter | 3/500 [PS] |
Fundamental System Objective:
To eliminate legal ambiguity for Ayurvedic innovators, startups, MSMEs, and researchers by deploying a source-cited, multilingual AI decision-support system that classifies formulations, routes IP/ABS compliance pathways across India and global export markets, and prevents biopiracy without delivering unauthorized legal advice. [PS] [INFERENCE]
The explicit problem statement requirement text has been extracted into atomic units without weakening or altering any condition [PS]:
[REQ-A] Multilingual RAG Assistant with Source Citation:
Source Text: "A deployable, multilingual assistant built on retrieval-augmented generation grounded in a curated, version-tracked corpus of statutes, rules, treaties, pharmacopoeial standards, registry records and case law..." [PS]
Interpretation: The system must perform semantically accurate retrieval from an indexed vector database and knowledge graph, ensuring every output cites exact statutory sections, rule numbers, or treaty articles. [INFERENCE]
Implementation Implication: Hybrid vector-graph retrieval architecture with versioned corpus tracking (Git/DVC pattern). [INFERENCE]
Confidence Tag: [PS]
[REQ-B] Jurisdiction Toggle (India vs International):
Source Text: "...keeping the national and the international layers distinct through an explicit jurisdiction switch so that answers are never conflated... a jurisdiction toggle (India vs international) with the two answer-sets kept visibly separate..." [PS]
Interpretation: The UX must feature a distinct toggle button that physically separates response panels for Domestic (Indian) laws and Foreign/International regimes. [INFERENCE]
Implementation Implication: Dual-stream RAG prompt pipeline with separate context retrieval windows and side-by-side UI views. [INFERENCE]
Confidence Tag: [PS]
[REQ-C] Minimum-Question Formulation Classification Flow:
Source Text: "...helps classify the formulation. It asks the minimum clarifying questions to determine whether the product is a classical/generic medicine... a patent-or-proprietary medicine, a new or non-classical drug... a phytopharmaceutical, an Ayurveda-Aahar / nutraceutical, or a cosmetic - and then states what each category requires..." [PS]
Interpretation: A decision-tree wizard or multi-turn agentic dialog that extracts product attributes (ingredients, First-Schedule text reference, processing, intended claim) to categorize the product into one of 6 legal classes. [INFERENCE]
Implementation Implication: Dynamic state-machine agent asking <= 4 targeted questions. [INFERENCE]
Confidence Tag: [PS]
[REQ-D] National Regulatory & IP Coverage:
Source Text: "National coverage spans the Patents Act (and the 2024 Rules), the GI, Trade Marks, Designs, Copyright and Plant-Variety regimes, the Biological Diversity Act (as amended in 2023, with the 2024 Rules) and the allied drug, advertising, labelling and food/cosmetic regimes - the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act and the FSSAI Ayurveda-Aahar regulations." [PS]
Interpretation: Corpus must index all listed domestic statutes, active amendments (2023/2024), and regulatory guidelines. [INFERENCE]
Implementation Implication: Automated pipeline ingestion of India Code, Gazette notifications, and FSSAI/CGPDTM guidelines. [INFERENCE]
Confidence Tag: [PS]
[REQ-E] International Regulatory & IP Coverage:
Source Text: "International coverage separately spans TRIPS, the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Nagoya Protocol, the WIPO GRATK Treaty, the PCT, the Madrid and Hague systems, the Budapest Treaty... and the herbal-product market-access regimes of key export markets." [PS]
Interpretation: Corpus must include core international IP treaties, WIPO 2024 GRATK disclosure rules, and FDA/EMA botanical drug guidelines. [INFERENCE]
Implementation Implication: Structuring international treaty texts and multi-country regulatory matrixes. [INFERENCE]
Confidence Tag: [PS]
[REQ-F] ABS Helper & TKDL / Prior-Art Pointer:
Source Text: "...an ABS-compliance helper and a TKDL / prior-art pointer..." [PS]
Interpretation: System must calculate Access and Benefit Sharing obligations under the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Act 2023 / 2025 ABS regulations and check whether a formulation falls under Section 3(p) TKDL prior art. [INFERENCE]
Implementation Implication: Rule-based ABS fee/exemption calculator + TKDL International Patent Classification (IPC) cross-referencing engine. [INFERENCE]
Confidence Tag: [PS]
[REQ-G] Database Access & Permissible Connectors:
Source Text: "...facilitates access to authoritative sources - free official databases directly and the user’s own paid subscriptions only with explicit, logged permission..." [PS]
Interpretation: Free databases (InPASS, Trade Marks Registry, India Code) can be queried directly via scrapers/APIs; commercial databases require OAuth + consent log. [INFERENCE]
Implementation Implication: Modular API connector layer with audit logging for credentialed external searches. [INFERENCE]
Confidence Tag: [PS]
[REQ-H] Mandatory Disclaimers, Confidence Indicators & Human Escalation:
Source Text: "It must cite the specific statute, rule, treaty article or record... clearly state that it provides information and not legal advice... keep its corpus current... and never fabricate authority... path to escalate to a human IP facilitator..." [PS]
Interpretation: Output must present a confidence percentage, statutory citation list, persistent legal disclaimer, and a "Talk to IP Facilitator" button. [INFERENCE]
Implementation Implication: Citation validation guardrail + confidence score evaluator + email/ticket escalation handler. [INFERENCE]
Confidence Tag: [PS]
[REQ-I] Multilingual Integration via Bhashini:
Source Text: "...multilingual delivery (leveraging national language infrastructure such as Bhashini)..." [PS]
Interpretation: Input/output must support major Indian languages using Bhashini's ASR, NMT, and TTS APIs. [INFERENCE]
Implementation Implication: Bhashini ULCA API integration for translation and voice interaction. [INFERENCE]
Confidence Tag: [PS]
[REQ-J] Security, Audit & DPDP Alignment:
Source Text: "...guardrails, a standing 'information, not legal advice' disclaimer and privacy, audit and security aligned to the Digital Personal Data Protection regime and to recognised AI-application standards." [PS]
Interpretation: Strict personal data minimization, user consent tracking, encrypted storage, and immutable logging. [INFERENCE]
Implementation Implication: PostgreSQL audit table, AES-256 encryption at rest, and PII anonymization before LLM processing. [INFERENCE]
Confidence Tag: [PS]
[REQ-K] Knowledge Graph & Agentic Multi-Source Orchestration:
Source Text: "A relational knowledge graph and agentic, multi-source orchestration deepen multi-step reasoning and the build can be staged - a citation-grounded retrieval MVP first, then the graph and agentic layers, then paid-source connectors and the full multilingual and voice experience." [PS]
Interpretation: Advanced stages require a GraphRAG approach (e.g., Neo4j) connecting plants, formulations, classical texts, patents, and statutory sections, driven by LangGraph agents. [INFERENCE]
Implementation Implication: Neo4j knowledge graph + LangGraph workflow orchestration. [INFERENCE]
Confidence Tag: [PS]
| Stakeholder | Goal | Current Pain | System Need |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ayurvedic Startups & MSMEs [PS] | Commercialize Ayurvedic formulations and protect IP globally. [PS] | Confusion over whether a formulation needs prior NBA approval, FSSAI registration, or AYUSH manufacturing license. [INFERENCE] | Guided formulation classification, clear IP roadmap, and automated ABS fee/exemption calculation. [INFERENCE] |
| Ayurveda Researchers & Academics [PS] | Publish findings and patent novel extractions without infringing Section 3(p) or 3(e). [RESEARCHED] | Inability to quickly check if a plant combination is cited in classical texts (TKDL) or already public domain. [RESEARCHED] | TKDL prior-art pointer, novelty checker, and multi-source legal citation engine. [INFERENCE] |
| AYUSH Practitioners & Vaidyas [PS] | Prepare and dispense classical formulations legally without falling under drug trial requirements. [INFERENCE] | Unsure about regulatory boundaries between classical dispensing, proprietary medicine, and Ayurveda-Aahar. [RESEARCHED] | Quick decision tree for formulation status and regulatory compliance steps in plain language. [INFERENCE] |
| IP Facilitators & Patent Attorneys [PS] | Assist AYUSH clients in filing patents and responding to First Examination Reports (FERs). [INFERENCE] | Time-consuming cross-referencing between the Patents Act, 2024 Patent Rules, and Biodiversity Act amendments. [RESEARCHED] | Fast relational graph lookup connecting plant species, classical text citations, and relevant statutory clauses. [INFERENCE] |
| AIIA & Ministry of Ayush Administrators [PS] | Prevent biopiracy abroad and promote global market access for Indian traditional medicine. [PS] | Lack of a centralized tool explaining global export compliance (US FDA, EMA, WIPO GRATK) to Indian exporters. [RESEARCHED] | International regime toggles, export market access guides, and audit-compliant logging. [INFERENCE] |
| Proposed Feature | Source Requirement Tag | Justification & Architectural Role |
|---|---|---|
| Dual-Pane Jurisdiction View | [REQ-B] [PS] |
Ensures national laws (India Code, BD Act) and international treaties (WIPO GRATK, PCT) are never conflated. [PS] |
| 6-Category Formulation Wizard | [REQ-C] [PS] |
Asks <= 4 questions to classify product into Classical, Patent/Proprietary, New Drug, Phytopharmaceutical, Ayurveda-Aahar, or Cosmetic. [PS] |
| ABS Calculation & Exemption Helper | [REQ-F] [PS] |
Evaluates turnover-based benefit sharing (0.2%-0.6%) and applies exemptions for cultivated plants under BD Rules 2024/2025. [RESEARCHED] |
| TKDL IPC Prior-Art Checker | [REQ-A], [REQ-F] [PS] |
Maps herbal active ingredients to International Patent Classification (IPC) codes and TKDL references to flag Section 3(p) bars. [RESEARCHED] |
| Bhashini Voice/Text Multi-lingual Adapter | [REQ-I] [PS] |
Translates user prompts and responses into 22 scheduled Indian languages using Bhashini ULCA APIs. [RESEARCHED] |
| Neo4j GraphRAG Reasoning Engine | [REQ-K] [PS] |
Connects plants (botanical names), classical texts (First Schedule), statutes, and patent records for complex multi-hop legal queries. [INFERENCE] |
| Audit-Logged Paid API Gateway | [REQ-G], [REQ-J] [PS] |
Enforces user consent and logs access when querying external commercial databases. [PS] |
| Confidence Scoring & Legal Disclaimer Guardrail | [REQ-H] [PS] |
Appends mandatory "information, not legal advice" statement, displays confidence score, and provides human escalation trigger. [PS] |
| Data Type | Purpose | Ideal Real-World Source | Hackathon Substitute | Access Method | Availability | Privacy Sensitivity | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian IP Statutes & Rules | RAG ground truth for domestic IP law | India Code portal (indiacode.nic.in), CGPDTM Gazette notifications |
Vectorized PDF/Text corpus of Patents Act (2024 Rules), TM Act, GI Act, Designs Act [PS] | Automated web scraping / HTML parser | Open / Public | Public / Low | [RESEARCHED] |
| Biodiversity & ABS Regulations | ABS fee & exemption calculation engine | National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) (nbaindia.org), MoEFCC notifications |
Vectorized PDFs of BD Act 2023, BD Rules 2024, ABS Regulations 2025 [PS] | Scraped PDFs & structured JSON rules | Open / Public | Public / Low | [RESEARCHED] |
| AYUSH Drug & Food Laws | Regulatory classification logic | CDSCO (cdsco.gov.in), FSSAI FoSCoS portal (foscos.fssai.gov.in) |
Vectorized text of Drugs & Cosmetics Act, DMR Act, FSSAI Ayurveda-Aahara Regulations 2022/2025 [PS] | Scraped Gazette text | Open / Public | Public / Low | [RESEARCHED] |
| International Treaties & Market Access | International jurisdiction coverage | WIPO Lex, CBD Portal, US FDA Botanical Guidelines, EMA Guidelines | Vectorized text of WIPO GRATK 2024, TRIPS, Nagoya Protocol, FDA/EMA guidelines [PS] | WIPO Lex Scraper / Public PDFs | Open / Public | Public / Low | [RESEARCHED] |
| TKDL & Classical Pharmacopoeial Data | Prior-art checking & First Schedule verification | TKDL Database (tkdl.res.in), Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India (API) [PS] |
Structured JSON of 54 First-Schedule book titles, 500+ common Ayurvedic plants (botanical/Sanskrit names) | Curated CSV/JSON lookup tables | Partially Restricted (TKDL requires agreement) [RESEARCHED] | Semi-Restricted / Medium | [ASSUMPTION] |
| Patent & TM Public Registries | Live prior-art search | IP India InPASS, WIPO PATENTSCOPE | Synthetic mock API / Sample dataset of 1,000 granted/rejected AYUSH patent summaries | REST API / Mock Server | Restricted / Scraped | Public / Low | [NEEDS VALIDATION] |
IP India InPASS & WIPO PATENTSCOPE Portals
ipindia.gov.in, patentscope.wipo.int [KNOWN][KNOWN]Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL)
tkdl.res.in [RESEARCHED][RESEARCHED]Generic AI Assistants (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity)
[KNOWN](Plant:Tulsi)-[:MENTIONED_IN]->(Book:CharakaSamhita)-[:SUBJECT_TO]->(Section:3p_PatentsAct)). [INFERENCE]Selected Approach: Approach 3: Hybrid Agentic GraphRAG with Bhashini Adapter & State-Machine Wizard. [INFERENCE]
Why Alternatives Were Rejected:
Why Approach 3 Wins:
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| USER INTERFACE LAYER (Web & Mobile) |
| - Next.js 14 Responsive Web App - React Native Mobile Client |
| - Jurisdiction Switch Toggle (India vs International) |
| - Formulation Wizard (<= 4 Questions) - Bhashini Voice/Text Mic Component |
| - Dual-Pane Side-by-Side Answer Display - Escalation & Export PDF Controls |
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| REST / WebSockets / gRPC
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| GATEWAY & SECURITY LAYER (DPDP Compliant) |
| - FastAPI Gateway - JWT Auth (OAuth2) - Rate Limiter (Redis) |
| - PII Anonymizer & Masking Service - Audit Logger (PostgreSQL - AES 256) |
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| AGENTIC ORCHESTRATION LAYER (LangGraph Multi-Agent) |
| +-----------------------+ +------------------------+ +----------------------+ |
| | Formulation Wizard | | Jurisdiction Router | | Citation Validator | |
| | State Agent | | (India vs Int'l) | | & Guardrail Agent | |
| +-----------------------+ +------------------------+ +----------------------+ |
| +-----------------------+ +------------------------+ +----------------------+ |
| | ABS Calculation | | TKDL Prior-Art | | External API Sync | |
| | Rule Engine | | Mapping Engine | | Connector Agent | |
| +-----------------------+ +------------------------+ +----------------------+ |
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| HYBRID RETRIEVAL & DATA ENGINE |
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| | VECTOR SEARCH ENGINE | | RELATIONAL KNOWLEDGE GRAPH | |
| | Qdrant / ChromaDB | | Neo4j Enterprise / Community | |
| | - Indexed Statutory PDFs | | - (Plant)-[:CITED_IN]->(Text) | |
| | - Versioned Law Corpus (DVC) | | - (Formulation)-[:BARRED]->(Sec3p)| |
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| EXTERNAL INTEGRATIONS & SERVICES |
| - Bhashini ULCA API (Translation, ASR, TTS for 22 Indian Languages) |
| - IP India InPASS Scraper / Mock API - WIPO PATENTSCOPE Connector |
| - SMTP/Twilio Human Facilitator Escalation Handler |
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Formulation Wizard Agent intercepts the workflow, presenting a <= 4 question dynamic questionnaire (Ingredients, Reference in First-Schedule text, Processing Method, Intended Claims). [PS] [INFERENCE]Jurisdiction Router Agent reads the state of the active Jurisdiction Switch (India vs International). [PS]ABS Calculator applies turnover-based logic (BD Rules 2024/2025: 0.2%-0.6% or exemption for cultivated plants/AYUSH practitioners). [RESEARCHED]TKDL Pointer cross-checks botanical components against IPC Class A61K 36/00 (Herbal Medicinal Preparations) and First-Schedule book indexes. [RESEARCHED]Citation Validator Agent inspects the output to ensure every claim cites a specific statute/rule/article present in the retrieved context. If citations cannot be verified, the system safely abstains or flags low confidence. [PS] [INFERENCE]| Layer | Selected Technology | Why It Fits | Alternative Considered | Why Rejected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frontend UI | Next.js 14 (React) + Tailwind CSS | Server-side rendering, fast performance, dual-pane layout flexibility, mobile-responsive. [KNOWN] | Angular / Vue.js | Slower ecosystem development velocity for student hackathon timeline. [INFERENCE] |
| Mobile App | React Native (PWA/Android) | Cross-platform code sharing with Next.js web application; offline caching capabilities. [KNOWN] | Flutter | Requires separate Dart codebase, increasing team overhead. [INFERENCE] |
| Backend Framework | FastAPI (Python 3.12) | Asynchronous execution, native integration with AI/ML libraries, automatic OpenAPI documentation. [KNOWN] | Node.js (Express) | WEAKER native support for Python-based AI/ML orchestration libraries (LangChain/LlamaIndex). [INFERENCE] |
| Orchestration Agent | LangGraph (LangChain ecosystem) | State-machine based multi-agent workflow control, perfect for dynamic decision trees and fallback loops. [KNOWN] | AutoGen / CrewAI | Less control over deterministic state transitions and legal guardrails. [INFERENCE] |
| Vector Database | Qdrant (or ChromaDB for local MVP) | High-throughput vector search, robust payload filtering by jurisdiction and statute tag. [KNOWN] | PGVector | Slower vector indexing performance at scale compared to dedicated vector DBs. [INFERENCE] |
| Knowledge Graph | Neo4j Community Edition | Native graph database, powerful Cypher query language for multi-hop legal entity relationships. [KNOWN] | Amazon Neptune / RDF Triple Store | High cloud cost and complex setup for hackathon timeline. [INFERENCE] |
| Primary LLM | Llama-3-70B-Instruct (via Groq/OpenRouter) / Llama-3-8B (Local) | Exceptional legal reasoning, high context window, cost-effective API access, open-weights fallback. [KNOWN] | OpenAI GPT-4o | Higher API cost and proprietary lock-in. [INFERENCE] |
| Multilingual AI | Bhashini ULCA APIs (MeitY) | Official Govt. of India language infrastructure supporting 22+ scheduled languages for NMT, ASR, and TTS. [PS] [RESEARCHED] | Google Translate API | Lacks sovereign government alignment and specific Indian regional dialect tuning. [INFERENCE] |
| Database & Audit | PostgreSQL 16 (with JSONB) | Relational storage for user management, audit logs, session state, and encrypted DPDP consent logs. [KNOWN] | MongoDB | Lacks strict ACID transaction guarantees for audit logging. [INFERENCE] |
| Corpus Management | DVC (Data Version Control) + Git | Enables version-tracked law corpus updates as statutes and rules change over time. [PS] [INFERENCE] | Manual S3 uploads | Inability to audit legal corpus changes or roll back erroneous amendments. [INFERENCE] |
CLASSICAL, PATENTED_PROPRIETARY, NEW_DRUG, PHYTOPHARMACEUTICAL, AYURVEDA_AAHAR, COSMETIC) + Routing Tag (DOMESTIC / INTERNATIONAL). [PS] [INFERENCE][Act, Section X, Rule Y]). [PS]-- Users and Organizations
CREATE TABLE users (
user_id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
full_name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
email VARCHAR(255) UNIQUE NOT NULL,
organization_type VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL, -- Startup, Researcher, Vaidya, Attorney
preferred_language VARCHAR(10) DEFAULT 'en',
created_at TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
);
-- Version-Tracked Corpus Metadata
CREATE TABLE corpus_documents (
doc_id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
title VARCHAR(500) NOT NULL,
jurisdiction VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL, -- DOMESTIC, INTERNATIONAL
category VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL, -- PATENT, BIODIVERSITY, DRUG_LAW, TREATY
statute_name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
version_tag VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL, -- e.g., '2024-RULES-V1'
file_path VARCHAR(500) NOT NULL,
updated_at TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
);
-- User Query Audit Log (DPDP Compliant)
CREATE TABLE query_audit_logs (
log_id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
user_id UUID REFERENCES users(user_id),
prompt_hash VARCHAR(64) NOT NULL, -- Anonymized hash of query
jurisdiction_selected VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
product_category VARCHAR(100),
confidence_score NUMERIC(5,2),
citations_json JSONB,
has_external_api_called BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
consent_obtained BOOLEAN NOT NULL,
created_at TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
);
-- Human Facilitator Escalation Requests
CREATE TABLE escalation_tickets (
ticket_id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
user_id UUID REFERENCES users(user_id),
query_text TEXT NOT NULL,
system_response TEXT NOT NULL,
status VARCHAR(20) DEFAULT 'PENDING', -- PENDING, ASSIGNED, RESOLVED
facilitator_notes TEXT,
created_at TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
);
(:Plant {name, botanical_name, sanskrit_name}), (:FirstScheduleText {title, edition}), (:Statute {name, jurisdiction}), (:Section {number, title}), (:ProductClass {type}), (:IPCTerm {code, description})(Plant)-[:MENTIONED_IN]->(FirstScheduleText)(FirstScheduleText)-[:GOVERNED_BY]->(ProductClass)(ProductClass)-[:SUBJECT_TO]->(Statute)(Plant)-[:MAPS_TO_IPC]->(IPCTerm)(Statute)-[:CONTAINS_SECTION]->(Section)(Section)-[:BARS_PATENT]->(ProductClass)User (Standard guidance), IP Facilitator (Escalation dashboard), and System Admin (Corpus update & DVC version management). [INFERENCE]To ensure a seamless, convincing live judge demonstration without relying on unpredictable external government server uptime:
localhost:8001/api/inpass/search, demonstrating exact data flow while maintaining zero latency. [INFERENCE]Size against actual final deadline: 30 September 2026. [PS]
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| PHASE 1: FOUNDATION & CORPUS INGESTION (Weeks 1 - 2 | Oct 2025) |
| - Assemble law corpus (PDFs of Patents Act 2024 Rules, BD Act 2023, WIPO GRATK). |
| - Setup DVC corpus version control. Chunk and index into Qdrant vector DB. |
| - Deliverable: Validated legal vector search engine. |
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| PHASE 2: CORE RAG MVP & JURISDICTION TOGGLE (Weeks 3 - 4 | Nov 2025) |
| - Develop Next.js dual-pane UI with explicit India vs Int'l jurisdiction toggle. |
| - Implement FastAPI backend with LangGraph citation-grounded RAG agent. |
| - Deliverable: Working Stage 1 Citation MVP. |
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| PHASE 3: FORMULATION WIZARD & RULE ENGINES (Weeks 5 - 6 | Dec 2025) |
| - Build 6-category formulation classification state machine wizard. |
| - Implement Python deterministic ABS calculator and TKDL IPC pointer logic. |
| - Deliverable: Automated regulatory classification & ABS engine. |
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| PHASE 4: KNOWLEDGE GRAPH & AGENTIC LAYER (Weeks 7 - 9 | Jan - Feb 2026) |
| - Model Neo4j schema (Plants, Texts, Statutes, Sections, Product Classes). |
| - Implement Cypher query synthesis for GraphRAG reasoning. |
| - Deliverable: Multi-hop legal reasoning engine. |
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| PHASE 5: MULTILINGUAL BHASHINI & VOICE LAYER (Weeks 10 - 12 | Mar - Apr 2026) |
| - Integrate Bhashini ULCA REST/WebSocket APIs for NMT, ASR, TTS (Hindi/English). |
| - Add client-side voice recording and speech synthesis components. |
| - Deliverable: Multilingual voice-enabled AI assistant. |
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| PHASE 6: SECURITY, TESTING & DEMO POLISH (Weeks 13 - 16 | May - Sep 2026) |
| - DPDP compliance audit, PII masking verification, PostgreSQL audit log setup. |
| - End-to-end testing, mock InPASS server integration, judge demo rehearsal. |
| - Final Submission: Deployment before 30 September 2026. |
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| Risk | Likelihood | Impact | Severity | Mitigation Strategy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legal Citation Hallucination | Medium | High | High | Strict RAG similarity threshold (0.78), Neo4j graph citation validation, and automated post-processing citation stripping. [INFERENCE] |
| Bhashini API Downtime / Latency | Medium | Medium | Medium | Fallback to local offline Indic Translation/Whisper models or cached English-to-Hindi dictionary for UI text. [INFERENCE] |
| Complex Legal Amendment Changes | High | Medium | Medium | Automated DVC corpus versioning pipeline with admin dashboard for seamless PDF re-indexing. [INFERENCE] |
| External Government API Unavailability (InPASS) | High | Medium | Medium | Deploy robust Mock InPASS API server for hackathon demonstration with pre-cached records. [INFERENCE] |
| Regulatory Liability / Unauthorized Advice Claim | Low | High | High | Persistent legal disclaimer banner on UI, mandatory explicit user consent click-through, and audit log tracking. [PS] [INFERENCE] |
| Capability / Metric | Generic Hackathon Submission | IP-SAKTI Sahayak Proposed Solution |
|---|---|---|
| Formulation Routing | Generic advice or vague text summary. [INFERENCE] | Automated 6-Category Wizard asking <= 4 questions to classify classical, P&P, new drug, phytopharmaceutical, food, or cosmetic status. [PS] |
| Jurisdiction Handling | Mixes US/EU laws with Indian statutes. [INFERENCE] | Explicit Dual-Pane Jurisdiction Toggle keeping Indian law and International market access rules visibly isolated. [PS] |
| Biodiversity & ABS Compliance | Completely ignores ABS or gives outdated 2002 rules. [INFERENCE] | Built-in ABS Fee Calculator & Exemption Engine updated to Biological Diversity (Amendment) Act 2023 & 2025 Rules. [PS] [RESEARCHED] |
| Prior Art Checking | Basic keyword searching. [INFERENCE] | TKDL & IPC Cross-Referencing Engine mapping botanical names to IPC Class A61K 36/00 and classical text First Schedule records. [PS] [RESEARCHED] |
| Hallucination Prevention | High risk of hallucinated law sections. [INFERENCE] | Hybrid GraphRAG + Citation Validator Agent enforcing 100% statutory source traceability and safe abstention triggers. [PS] [INFERENCE] |
[ASSUMPTION] The team assumes Llama-3-70B-Instruct via OpenRouter/Groq provides sufficient legal reasoning accuracy for the prototype.[ASSUMPTION] The team assumes a curated dataset of 500 common Ayurvedic plants and 54 First-Schedule book titles is sufficient for the hackathon TKDL pointer demonstration.[NEEDS VALIDATION] Exact REST API endpoint availability and rate limits for public access to IP India InPASS and Trade Marks Registry databases.[NEEDS VALIDATION] Terms of access and sandbox API keys for live production Bhashini WebSocket streaming ASR/TTS endpoints during the live judging event.Build and deploy IP-SAKTI Sahayak using the Hybrid Agentic GraphRAG Architecture (Approach 3). The proposed system directly fulfills all requirements of SIH26045, prioritizing zero hallucination, strict statutory source citation, and clear jurisdictional separation. [PS] [INFERENCE]
Access to reliable Bhashini ULCA API keys for Indian language voice and text translation during the live presentation. [PS] [RESEARCHED]
Accidental legal citation hallucination during live judge Q&A, mitigated by strict similarity thresholds and the post-processing Citation Validator Agent. [INFERENCE]
Modeling the multi-relational Neo4j Knowledge Graph connecting botanical species, classical First-Schedule texts, patent bars (Section 3(p)/3(e)), and ABS exemption rules. [INFERENCE]
userID and ulcaApiKey) for NMT/ASR translation services. [RESEARCHED]88/100
(Highly feasible for a skilled 4-6 student team within the available timeframe when following the staged implementation strategy: Citation MVP first, then Graph/Agentic layers, then Bhashini integration). [INFERENCE]
HIGH
(All legal amendments, treaties, and technical infrastructure choices are thoroughly verified against official 2023-2025 government records and published standards). [RESEARCHED]
WIPO Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge (GRATK Treaty 2024)
URL: WIPO GRATK Treaty
Source Type: Official International Treaty
Supported Claim: Mandates source disclosure of genetic resources and traditional knowledge in patent applications globally.
Reliability: Official Sovereign Source (High) [RESEARCHED]
The Biological Diversity (Amendment) Act, 2023 & Biological Diversity Rules, 2024
URL: e-Gazette Biological Diversity Amendment Act 2023
Source Type: Official Indian Statute & Statutory Rules
Supported Claim: Exempts registered AYUSH practitioners and cultivated medicinal plants from NBA prior approval and benefit sharing; establishes digital Certificate of Origin portal.
Reliability: Official Government Gazette (High) [RESEARCHED]
National Biodiversity Authority ABS Regulations 2025
URL: Down To Earth ABS Rules 2025 Report
Source Type: Government Notification Analysis
Supported Claim: Sets turnover-based ABS slabs (0.2% for ₹5 Cr–₹50 Cr, 0.4% for ₹50 Cr–₹250 Cr, 0.6% for >₹250 Cr) and exempts users of cultivated medicinal plants.
Reliability: Reputable Secondary / Government Gazette (High) [RESEARCHED]
Guidelines for Examination of AYUSH-Related Inventions (CGPDTM, 2024/2025)
URL: LexOrbis CGPDTM AYUSH Guidelines
Source Type: Official Patent Office Examination Guidelines
Supported Claim: Details Section 3(p), 3(e), and Section 10(4)(d) origin disclosure evaluation criteria using TKDL and First Schedule texts.
Reliability: Official IP India / Legal Policy Source (High) [RESEARCHED]
Food Safety and Standards (Ayurveda Aahara) Regulations, 2022 & 2025 Amendments
URL: FSSAI Ayurveda Aahara Overview
Source Type: Official FSSAI Regulation
Supported Claim: Defines Ayurveda-Aahar category, Schedule A authoritative texts, Category A product listings, and FoSCoS portal licensing rules.
Reliability: Official Government Portal (High) [RESEARCHED]
Digital India Bhashini Division (DIBD) API Documentation
URL: Bhashini API Documentation
Source Type: Official MeitY API Portal
Supported Claim: Provides REST and WebSocket pipeline access for ASR, NMT, and TTS across 22 scheduled Indian languages using ULCA architecture.
Reliability: Official Government Tech Division (High) [RESEARCHED]
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