This section of the blog discusses the usage of each form of the Indian Patent Office and the appropriate usage pattern with respect to the corresponding sections and rules of the Patent Act, 1970.
This is just a reference document.
Form 19 has to be filed by any person or the patentee in order to revoke a compulsory license granted to any person if the patent was not worked or is not available to public at reasonable price, within the territory of India for a period of two years after the grant of compulsory license….
Form 20 has to be filed when a licensee who got a patent compulsorily licensed through the powers of the Controller, on the basis of certain terms and conditions for payment of royalty or selling price of the product or any other terms as such; requesting the Controller to revise the terms and conditions of…
Form 21 has to be filed by a patentee or any person who is the legal representative of the patentee requesting the Controller to terminate any compulsory license so granted on his patent on any grounds or reasons with the undertaking that such situation will not occur and the compulsory license so granted shall be…
Form 22 has to be filed by any person who qualifies himself as a patent agent upon passing the Patent Agent Examination conducted by the Indian Patent Office to register himself as a Registered Patent Agent. Details to be entered and attached in the Form 22: Conduct Certificate testifying the Character of the applicant from…
Form 23 has to be filed by any person who wishes to restore his name in the register, who had already registered himself as a Patent Agent in the register but removed by the Controller on any reasons or activities done by a patent agent not acceptable under law under section 130 or rule 116…
Form 24 has to be filed by the applicant or patentee or opponent or any party, when anyone of them holds not to accept or considers that the decision of the Controller is not right, up on an event of any dispute on a patent application or patent regarding any matters pertaining to the patent…
Form 25 has to be filed when an applicant for patent wants to file a patent application in any country other than India. Such application shall be filed only if; a patent application for the same invention is filed in India at least before 6 weeks and the invention is not related to nuclear energy…
Form 26 has to be filed by the applicant of a Patent, when the proceedings of the invention in the Patent Office is handled by anyone else (most cases a patent agent) other than the applicant or inventors of the invention. Form 26 gives the power to an attorney or a patent agent to act…
Form 27 has to be filed, when the Controller has issued a notice to a patentee or licensee to furnish the details of commercialisation or commercial working of patented invention for which a patent is owned or a license is made. Such notice shall be required to be filed periodically too. (period not less than…
Form 28 has to be submitted when, an application for patent is made under the startup category requesting fee concession. an application for expedited examination is made. on all stages of the patent application where a fee concession is sought for filing the corresponding forms to be filed. Details to be filled in the Form…