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…
Indian Patent Office (IPO) makes available a dynamic grid shown below: IPO will make the month and year for the Request for Examination (RFE) filed that are currently being examined and the First Examination Report (FER) being issued, for each…
Indian Patent Office (IPO) has recently published Draft Patents (Amendment) Rules 2013 and has invited comments (objections or suggestions) from the public within 45 days from the publication of the notification (12th June 2013). The main changes proposed are the…
This Article would not discuss as to what is a patent of addition, when does it expire, etc., answers to which are clearly mentioned in the Indian Patents Act. Briefly, to sum up, a Patent of addition can be filed…
The Indian Patent Office (IPO) has recently issued another set of guidelines, this time on examination of biotechnology applications. Our earlier write-up on a set of guidelines issued by IPO, for examination of applications relating to traditional knowledge, can be…
The Controller General of Patents has issued guidelines for processing of patent applications relating to Traditional Knowledge (TK) and biological materials on November 08, 2012. The guidelines have been issued in lieu of the fact that a number of the…
1. The Indian Patent Office publishes a list of all Applications related to Traditional Knowledge The Indian Patent Office makes available the list of the Patent Applications filed at the Indian Patent Office relating to the Traditional Knowledge. The published…
In a promising move by the Indian Patent Office (IPO), the Controller General of Patents, Designs, and Trademarks (CGPDT) has issued new instructions for filing PCT National Phase Applications in India. The public notice was issued on July 02, 2012,…
The Indian Design Act 2001 with some significant changes incorporated in the Amendment Rules, 2008 is serving its purpose well to keep pace with the rapid changes in the technology and international developments. In view of the globalization of the…
The Controller General of Patents, Designs, and Trademarks at the Indian Intellectual Property Office Mr. P.H. Kurian has made a sudden and surprising request to exit from his role, a shock to the entire IP fraternity keeping in mind the…