Laws Of Patent And Filing

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Law of Patents and filing process By Vikram Pratap Singh Thakur

Agenda • Patentability requirements (overview) • Patent Process in India • Online patent filing process in India

Patent • What is a patent? • Rights ➢ Make ➢ Use ➢ Sell ➢ Offer for sale ➢ Import

Patentability requirements • • • • •

Patentable subject matter Utility Novelty Non-obviousness Specification

Patentable Subject Matter • Inclusion list ➢ Product or Process • Exclusion list © Brain League IP Services Pvt. Ltd.

➢ Section 3 and 4

Exclusion list

• Frivolous inventions and Inventions against Natural Laws • Inventions contrary to Public Order or Morality or prejudicial to Life or Environment • Scientific Principle or Abstract Theory or Discovery • New Form or New Property or New Use • Mere Admixture • Mere Arrangement or Re-arrangement of devices or duplication

Exclusion list cont… • • • • • • • • •

Method of Agriculture or Horticulture Medical Methods Plants and Animals Mathematical Algorithm and Computer Program Copyrightable works and Presentations Mental Act and Method of playing a Game Integrated Circuits Traditional Knowledge Atomic Energy (sec 4)

Utility (Industrial applicability) • Capable to be used in the industry • At least used for one purpose

Novelty

• New • Not part of prior art • Single reference

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Non-obviousness (Inventive Step) • Inventive step ➢ Technical advance; and/or ➢ Economic significance • Person skilled in the art • Multiple references combined

Specification

• Description of the invention ➢ Enablement ➢ Best mode

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Illustration • X invents a door knob made of clay and porcelain, which could be used in very low or high temperatures without deformation and was cheaper than existing knobs. The prior art relating to the knob includes: ➢ Door knobs made of metal, which were being sold and used extensively; and ➢ Kitchen utensils made of clay and porcelain.

Indian Patent Procedure Filing • • • • • •

Contents of application (provisional or complete) Persons entitled to apply Place of application Types of application Priority date Documents

Contents of specifications • • • • •

Title (P) Abstract (P) Written Description (P) Drawings (where necessary) Sample or Model (if required by the examiner)

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• Enablement and Best Mode • Claims • Deposit (Microorganisms)

Persons entitled to apply

• True and first inventor of the invention • Assignee • Legal representative

Place of application Patent offices

Territorial jurisdiction

Mumbai

The states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Chhattisgarh, The Union Territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

Delhi

The states of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttranchal, National capital territory of Delhi and the union territory of Chandigarh.

Chennai

The states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka , Kerala, Tamil Nadu and the union territories of Pondicherry and Lakshadweep.

Kolkata (head office)

Rest of India

Various types of applications in India • • • • • •

Ordinary application Convention application PCT international application PCT National phase application Application for Patent of addition Divisional Application

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Priority Date

• Date of first filing • Date of foreign filing if foreign application filed earlier • Date of PCT international application

Documents to be submitted at the time of filing • Form 1 - Application for the grant of patent. Form 2 - Provisional or Complete Specification. Form 3 - Statement and undertaking by the applicant. Form 5 - Declaration as to inventorship. Form 26 - Authorization of patent agent or any other person. (if filed through an agent) • Priority document details have to be filed for a Convention application. • Proof of right if the application is made by the assignee. • Death Certificate of deceased - Legal Representative • • • •

Publication • • • • •

Date of publication Open for public inspection Rights of patentee starts Early publication Circumstances when publication not done

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Publication after 18 months

Examination

• Request for examination • Formal examination ➢ verifying the propriety and correctness of all documents ➢ verifying the patentability • First Examination Report (FER) • Amendments

Grant • • • • •

Order for grant Fees Grant Publication Rights of patentees can be enforced

Publication of granted patents

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E – filing in India

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Payment

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List of filed applications

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View status of application

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