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Indian Patent law, Office Procedure and
Examination Practice in
Indian Patent office
Dr. K.S.KardamDeputy. Controller of Patents & Designs
The Patent Office Delhi
23rd OCTOBER 2010
WIPO Training program for trainers
training on Effective IntellectualProperty Asset Management By MSMES
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Outline of the Presentation
1
• Background of Indian Patent Act• Examination Procedure
• Filing• Publication• Time limit for publication• Examination request• Examination
2
• Opposition Procedure• Pre- grant• Post grant
3• Statistics
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INDIAN PATENT LAW
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT
The Act of 1856 based on UK Act Of 1852 -Butwithdrawn
The Act of 1859,
The Patterns & Designs Protection Act, of 1872 The Protection of Invention Act, of 1883
The Invention & Designs Act of 1888- Further
Consolidation The Patents & Designs Act 1911
The Patents Act 1970
This Act has been amended in 1999,2002 and2005
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The Patents (Amendments) Act 1999
Providing the provisions for receiving theapplications for the product patent in the field ofPharmaceuticals and agro-chemicals (mail box)
Provisions for the grant of EMRs for distribution andsale of pharma products on fulfillment of certainconditions
Grant of EMR subject to certain conditions
Deletion of sec.39- relating to permission for filing ofpatent application abroad
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The Patents (Amendments) Act 2002
Uniform 20 years term of patent for all inventions
Scope or non-patentable inventions including traditionalknowledge enlarged
Deferred examination system Disclosure of source and geographical origin of
biological material made compulsory
Non-disclosure or wrongful disclosure of source andgeographical origin of biological material made groundfor opposition and revocation
Provisions concerning Convention countries simplified-GOC, UOC,IGO recognized
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The Patents (Amendments) Act 2002…
Anticipation by traditional knowledge ,oral orotherwise also made ground for opposition andrevocation
Reversal of burden of proof Bolar provisions
Parallel importation
Establishment of appellate board
Compulsory license provisions strengthened Simplification of procedures
Harmonization with PCT provisions
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The Patents (Amendments) Act 2005
Product patent for inventions in all fields of technology
Definitions of certain terms redefined
New forms of known substances excluded in order toprevent ever-greening of patent
Rationalization of opposition procedure Introduction of pre-grant opposition by representation and
Post – grant opposition
Compulsory license for export purpose also if need be-to
remedy anti-competitive practices Compulsory license for manufacture and export of
pharmaceutical products to any country havinginsufficient or no manufacturing capacity
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The Patents (Amendments) Act 2005……
Extension of grace period to 12 months
Provisions concerning review of secrecy directions-now to be reviewed every six month instead of
12months
Provisions relating to filing application abroadrevised
Provisions concerning Penalties strengthened Importation from any person duly authorised under
law
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Examination Procedure
Filing of the applicationRequest ForExamination
( RFE)
Publication under section
11A
Examination
Grant of Patent
Pre-grant Opposition
Post-grant Opposition
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Electronic filing
(July 20,2007)
Physical filing at the Patent Office
Filing of the Application
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Where to file application (Jurisdiction)
If the applicant/first mentioned applicant (in case of joint)-resides/has domicile/has place of business/has origin ofinvention/has service address (in case of foreignapplicant) in the following states:
States Jurisdiction
Northern Patent Office Delhi
Southern Patent Office Chennai
Western Patent Office Mumbai
Rest Of India Patent Office Kolkata
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How to Apply ?
Application on form –1
Specification provisional/complete on form –2
Abstract of invention
Drawings,if any
Statement and undertaking of foreign filing particularson form -3- if any
Proof of right—if applicable Declaration of inventor-ship on form- 5
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Contd….
Certified copies of priority documents- ifapplicable
Power of attorney-if applicable
Application,Specification and other documentsshould be either in Hindi or English language
If application discloses sequence listing ofnucleotides and/or amino acids, it should be filedin electronic form
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Filing of the patent application
Application for patent can be filed only on thepayment of full Fee
Filing fee is now charged on the basis of
number of pages and number of claims madein the patent document
No extra fee is charged upto 30 pages and 10claims
Different fee for natural person and legal entity
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Publication
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PUBLICATION
UNEXAMINED APPLICATIONS
AFTER 18 MONTHS
EARLY PUBLICATION ON REQUEST
GRANTED PATENTS
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Time limit for publication
Ordinary application: After 18 months of filing of theapplication
Conventional applications : After 18 months from priority
Applications for which secrecy directions are issued: After
cessation of the secrecy directions or after 18 monthswhichever is later
Divisional application: After18 months from priority of parent application/immediately after filing divisionalapplication whichever is later
National phase PCT application: within one month after
filing of the application Patent of addition : 18 months after filing Patent of addition
application whichever is later
Early Publication- within one month after receiving therequest
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Publication of Patent Application
Every application shall be published after expiry of 18months from the date of filing or date of priority of theapplication except the following
Application in which secrecy direction is imposed or
Abandoned under section 9(1) or
Has been withdrawn before 3 months prior to expiry of 18months
However the applicant can make specific request for
early publication prior to 18 months on form 9 withprescribed fee of Rs.2500 or Rs.10000 by individual orlegal entity respectively
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Where published- Official Journal
This journal is published
every week
This has replaced gazetteFirst issued out on 21st
January 2005
Available online onPatent office website:
www.ipindia.nic.in
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Contents of the unexaminedpublished patent application
(12) PATENT APPLICATION PUBLICATION
(19) INDIA
(22) Date of filing of Application :19/08/2008
(21) Application No.1967/DEL/2008 A
(43) Publication Date : 17/04/2009
(54) Title of the invention : AN ELECTRONIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING FINANCIA DATA
(51) International classification
(31) Priority Document No
(32) Priority Date (
33) Name of priority country
(86) International Application No Filing Date
(87) International Publication No
(61) Patent of Addition to Application Number
Filing Date
(62) Divisional to Application Number Filing
Date
:G06Q20/00
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:NA :
NA :
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(71)Name of Applicant : 1)MEENA MISHRA Address of Applicant
:B-1, SECTOR-41, NOIDA, (U.P) Uttar Pradesh India (72)Name of
Inventor : 1)MEERA MISHRA 2)SH.ANJANI KUMAR MISHRA
3)SH.VIKAS PANDEY
(57) Abstract : A system for processing financial data comprising electronically controlled multiple stages comprising an input stage, a
processing stage wherein the system performs specific functions including means to calculate cert ain fixed parameters, means to generate
appropriate data sheets, means to store the relevant data in the form of codes for retrieval at any later point of time, means to allow for
modification of calculation parameters for different types of financial data and calculation, and means to execute the function and an output stage
to generate data ready to be transmitted exported to the concerned authorities" module of software as well as on servers also either through
internet or any other mode with each stage being controlled by input device, processing device and output device.
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Contents of Publication
under section 43(2)
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Examination
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Examination
Examination: Not automatic
Request to be made by applicant or thirdparties
Examination report to applicant only
Fees: Rs 2500/ 10000
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Request For Examination
A request for examination can be filed in form 18within 48 months from the priority date or filing datewhichever is earlier
A request for examination in respect of applications
filed before 1-1-2005 can be filed within the period of48 months from the date of filing of the applicationinstead of date of priority ( as provided prior to thePatents (amendment) Act. 2005
Request for
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Request forexamination…….
. In case of application in which secrecy direction isimposed
48 months from priority date or date of filing or
6 months from the date of revocation of secrecy
direction,whichever expires later In case of divisional application-
After publication of main application
48 months from priority date or date of filing of main
application or 6 months from the date of filing of divisional
application , whichever is later
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Formal Examination
Jurisdiction Fee Form of the documents
Specification including claims and abstract Drawings Power of attorney Assignment/Endorsement
Priority date and supporting document Language of the documents or their translation
if language is not Hindi or English Information about corresponding foreign
applications
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Technical groups
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All the controllers and examiners have beendivided into 4 groups
Groups have been constituted according to field
of technology namely Chemical, Biotechnology,Electrical and electronics and Mechanicaland allied engineering
The applications are referred to examiners as
per their field of Specialization Applications are examined as per serial
order of the request for examination
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Substantive Examination
Patentable invention( sec-2(1)(j)Novelty Inventive step Industrial application
Is the Invention excluded under any of theprovisions of section 3 and 4
Description Sufficiency, ambiguity, succinctnessReference of deposition of biological resourcesDisclosure of source of origin
ClaimsUnity of invention dependency
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New (Novel) means ?
Invention should not have been Published in India or elsewhere.
In prior public knowledge or prior public use with
in India.Claimed before in any specification in India and
published after the filing of the application
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A feature of invention that involvestechnical advance as compared to
existing knowledge or having
economic significance or both andthat makes invention not obvious to a
person skilled in the art
Inventive Step means ?
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Invention should be capable of beingmade or used in an industry to result
some tangible technical results
Industrial applicable means ?
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Inventions Not Patentable-1
Frivolous & obviously contrary to naturallaw
Contrary to law,morality
Injurious to public health
Use or commercial exploitation is contraryto public order or morality
Causing serious prejudice to human,animalor plant life or health or to the environment
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Inventions Not Patentable-2
Mere discovery of scientific principle or formulation ofabstract theory
Discovery of living or non living substances occurringin nature
Mere discovery of new form of known substancewhich does not result in the enhancement of theknown efficacy of that substance
However, salt,
esters, polymorphs, metabolites, pureforms, isomers ,complexes etc, shall be considered tobe the same unless they differ significantly inproperties with regard to efficacy
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Mere discovery of new property
New use of known substance , process,machine, apparatus.
Mere admixtures resulting in theaggregation of properties
Mere arrangement and rearrangement ofknown devices.
Method of agriculture or horticulture
Inventions Not Patentable-3
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Process for any medicinal, surgical, curative,prophylactic, diagnostic or therapeutic treatment ofhuman being or animal.
Plant & animals or their parts Seeds, varieties and species and essentially biological
process for the production or propagation of plants andanimals
A mathematical or business method or a computerprogramme per se or algorithms
Literary,dramatic,musical or artistic/cinematographyworks and television productions or any other aestheticcreation.
Inventions Not Patentable-4
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Inventions Not Patentable-5
Scheme or rule
method of performing mental act or method ofplaying game
Presentation of information Topography of integrated circuit
Traditional knowledge or aggregation orduplication of known properties of traditionally
known components
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Inventions Not Patentable-6
Inventions falling within the scope of Sec. (1) ofSub-sec. 20 of Atomic Energy Act, 1962-For
Example : Inventions relating to Compounds of -
Uranium, Beryllium, Thorium, Plutonium, Radium,Graphite, Lithium and more as notified by Central
Govt. from time to time
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Novelty Search
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Indian Patents Since 1912 DWPI(DELPHION) STN
QuestelQPAT And QWEBMMS and NPL
E- Journals
• EPOQUENET(Since April 2009)
Ti l i h
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Time to comply withthe Requirements
12 months from the date of issue of FirstExamination Report (FER)
This time limit is not extendable
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OPPOSITION
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Post –grant opposition
Pre-grant opposition by representation
Pre grant Opposition by
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Pre-grant Opposition byrepresentation
It can be filed by any person
Within SIX months from the date of publication ofthe application under sec.11A Or
before the grant of patent
Note: date of patent is the date when thecontroller grant patent by generating the patent
number with date!!!! Date of patent however in no case is the date
of publication of grant of patent
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Grounds for Opposition
Wrongful obtaining
Prior publication
Prior claiming
Prior public knowledge or use in India
Obviousness or lack of inventive step
Not an invention or not patentable under the
Act
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Grounds for Opposition….
Insufficiency of description
Failure to disclose the information regardingcorresponding foreign application or furnishing
false information Failure to file convention application within
twelve months from the date of first application
made in the convention country
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Grounds for Opposition….
Non-disclosure or wrongful mentioning of thesource and geographical origin of biological
material used in the invention Anticipation of invention by knowledge, oral or
otherwise available within any local orindigenous community in India or elsewhere
No account will be taken for personaldocument or secret trial or secret use
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Pre-grant opposition
REPRESENTATION
FORWARDED TO
THE APPLICANT
REPLY ANDEVIDENCE OF
APPLICANT
HEARING
Copy of reply givento the opponent if
requested
Patent grantedApplication
refused
Request forexamination is
filed
YESNO
3 Months
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Post-grant Opposition
Any time but before expiry of one year from thedate of publication of the grant of patent
By interested person only
By giving a notice of opposition to the Controller On the prescribed grounds only
The grounds are same as under pre-grant
opposition No provision for extension of time to file notice
of opposition
P d f
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Procedure forPost grant Opposition
NotificationGrant of patent Notice of opp.
Reply Evd. by opp.Reply statement&
Evd.by applicantF.W.S.& Evd. By opp.
Further Evd. If any
Appointment
of hearing
Hearing
Decision RevokedPatent Cont
Recommendations of
OPPOSITION BOARD
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THE FEE SCHEDULE
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THE FEE SCHEDULEOn what payable
Prov./Comp spec.
PAGES EXCEEDING 30
CLAIMS EXCEEDING 10
*Request for extension of time
REQUEST FOR EARLY PUBLICATION
Request for Examination
EXPRESS REQUEST FOR EXAMN.
*Change of Applicant
*Notice of Opposition*Certified Copy\Certificate
*On a petition
*Restoration of lapsed patent
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