How to File Different Types of Patent Applications? : Let us first understand the various types of patent applications in detail. Patent applications may be classified into six different categories on the basis of its functionality, such as Ordinary, Convention-based, Divisional, Patent of Addition, PCT National Phase Application, and international patent application. Read Also: Patent Application[…]
The regular patent applications which are prosecuted, examined and granted by the patent office collectively comprise as complete specifications of patent. The complete specification comprises of the full and sufficient disclosure of the invention along with the best mode of practice of the invention. It also comes with definite claims which define the legal boundary[…]
What is Patent Protection? A patent office grants certain rights to an inventor to provide protection for his/her invention, by restricting every other person to make use, sell, or import that invention without the inventor’s consent. These are commonly referred as the ‘Patent’. The inventor holds every right to license or sell the rights defined by[…]
Patent Filing: A Patent is a legal document granted by the government giving an inventor the exclusive right to make, use, and sell an invention for a specified period of time (generally 20 years). During this tenure, an applicant can enjoy an exclusive monopoly to make, sell, and license its granted invention to any third party. But[…]
Patent claims are written to “particularly point out and distinctly claim” an invention in a statutory class. The prescribed and accepted way of writing a claim is that each claim shall be a single sentence. That is, the standard custom as to claim construction is that each claim must be the object of a single[…]
Design Patent, in general terms, consists of the visual ornamental characteristics embodied in any product. Since a design is manifested in its ornamental features, the protection sought in case of a design patent application may be applied to the configuration and ornamental features of the design. The design patent could be granted for any novelty[…]
Provisional Or Complete? Patent Application in India As per Section 9 of the Patents Act 1970, a patent application in India may be accompanied with a provisional or a complete specification. Patent Application in India The provisional specification is filed for an invention/ an inventive concept in which the work is still under progress. The provisional[…]
An application filed by an applicant in the Patent Office, claiming priority date based on a similar application filed in one of the convention countries is referred as convention application. The applicant is required to file the application in the Patent Office (India) within 12 months from the date of earliest priority application in the[…]
Timeline A national phase application, corresponding to a PCT international application, must be filed in India within a non-extendable period of 31 months from a date of priority of the corresponding PCT international application. Forms and Fee As per Section 139 of the Patents Act 1970, the patent office necessitates filing of national phase applications[…]
