Category: Indian Patents Act – 1970 – The Laymen’s Language

This section discusses section by section of the Indian Patents Act, 1970 in detail in the laymen’s language for easy understanding purposes.

This blog shall not considered a study material or a law book for Indian Patents Act. It is just a brief for understanding purposes about the act and its sections in normal English.

Form 6 – Claim or Request Regarding any Change in Applicant for Patent

Form 6 – To be submitted upon a Claim or request regarding any Change in Applicant for Patent This form shall be submitted when, A Patent application is assigned or to a third party before the grant of the patent. The applicant or one or more of the applicant’s death, due to which the legal…

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Form 7A – Representation for Opposition to Grant of Patent

Form 7A – To be submitted for filing a representation for opposing the grant of a patent before grant (in the application stage itself) under sub-section (1) of Section 25 The acceptable reasons and details to be mentioned in the form shall be same as for the Form 7. For all information in detail for filing…

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Form 9 – Request for Publication (early publication)

Form 9 shall be filed by an applicant if he wishes to get his patent application published at anytime before 18 months from the date of filing an application for grant of a patent. Such application if filed shall enable the patent application to be published within 30 days of filing such application. Advantages of…

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Form 10 – Application for Amendment of Patent

Form 10 shall be filed when the owner or an applicant of a granted patent is deceased and should be substituted. This form shall be filed upon such cases by the legal representative to the Controller after the death of an applicant, requesting the Controller to substitute the name of the Applicant deceased with his /…

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