Filing Patent on Inventor Name OR on Company/Organization Name? If you are working for any organization as its employee or as a research worker under any institution you might be required to patent your invention under the respective organization or research institutes name during your employment tenure. This situation appears when you have previously signed an agreement with the company or institute where it will be stated that the intellectual generated will be under the employer’s name.
If you have not signed any agreement as stated above, you can apply for a patent individually on your name in India. You will be referred to as a Natural Person in this scenario.
However, you might belong to a class where you are an inventor or business owner trying to make out whether to patent on your name or your company’s name, the table below will help to solve your queries.
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This table provides an overview of approximate cost incurred in the patenting process:-
| Sl. No. | Description | Patent office fee (INR) (e-filing) | ||
| Natural Person (individuals)/ Startups | Other than individuals | |||
| Small entity | Other than small entity | |||
| 1 | Application for grant of patent | 1600 | 4000 | 8000 |
| 2 | Early publication fee (Optional) | 2500 | 6250 | 12500 |
| 3 | Request for examination of patent application | 4000 | 10000 | 20000 |
| 4 | Extra pages–more than 30 sheets | 160/Sheet | 400/Sheet | 800/Sheet |
| 5 | Extra claims–more than 10 claims | 320/Claim | 800/Claim | 1600/Sheet |
It is always advisable to keep in mind of the point of view of the investor who is investing in your invention. As an investor, he/she might want the patent to be in name of the company in place of yours. If the investor starts investing in your company at a considerably later stage, the investor can still go ahead and ask for a transfer of patent rights from your name to the company’s name.
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Filing Patent on Inventor Name OR on Company/Organization Name?