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Securing a Patent in India
Patents among other intellectual property rights is one which takes relatively longer time to secure. The very first question which comes up to an applicant’s mind before applying for a patent is if they need to go about it on their own or seek a professional firm for the same. The process of securing a … Continue reading Securing a Patent in India
Read more »A Simplified Account of Patenting Procedure in India
Well, this is something for which we have been getting queries on regular basis from individual inventors, universities and companies in India as well as outside India. This article comprehensively addresses all the procedural issues which normally applicant faces while patenting invention in India. Though this article focuses on the procedural aspects, it is always … Continue reading A Simplified Account of Patenting Procedure in India
Read more »Revised Draft Guidelines for Examination of Pharma Patent Applications












We have earlier reported the release of Draft Guidelines for Examination of Pharma Patent Applications. The Patent Office has now released revised draft guidelines and in continuation of our earlier article here, we explain herein what those revisions are and the impact of the guidelines in general. The revised guidelines of 12th August 2014 are … Continue reading Revised Draft Guidelines for Examination of Pharma Patent Applications
Read more »Now Responses to Examination Reports can be filed online too!
As per the notification of 07th July 2013 at the Indian Patent Office, the responses to Examination Reports can now be also filed online. The online database of the Indian Patent Office has been significantly automated over the last couple of months causing many conveniences to the Applicants and Agents as well as speeding processes … Continue reading Now Responses to Examination Reports can be filed online too!
Read more »Examination Guidelines/Standards – Indian Patent Office
This article relates to a recent judgment of IPAB for a patent application 2254/DELNP/2005 which was refused to proceed further by the Indian patent office. The judgment illustrates the mode in which decisions are established by the patent office during the examination/prosecution phase. Brief summary of the case The patent application relates to “A New … Continue reading Examination Guidelines/Standards – Indian Patent Office
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