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 13 shall be filed by an applicant either on his own or as per the directions of the Controller requesting to Controller to establish the modifications or amendments (changes) to the patent application or the Complete Specification or any other documents relating to a Patent Application. Such Form shall hold the following details filled…
For any of the following cases Form 14 shall be filed by a person who opposes a decision through a, Notice of Opposition to Amendment Notice of Opposition to Restoration Notice of Opposition to Surrender of Patent. Notice of Opposition to Grant of Compulsory License or Revision of Terms Notice of Opposition to Correction of Clerical Errors….
Form 15 has to be submitted by the applicant / applicants / legal representative of a lapsed patent which got lapsed due to non payment of the renewal fees within the period prescribed or extended. This form however should be submitted within 18 months from the date of on which the patent got lapsed. In…
Form 16 has to be filed by the patent owner (assignor / mortgagor / licensor) when there is made a separate agreement on a patent between the patentee or the patent owner and other person who shall own share in / profits earned by a patent, by any way such as mortgage or licensing or other…
Form 17 has to be filed by any person who is willing to obtain a compulsory license, granted by the Controller in order to perform or use an invention patented by any person / entity. Conditions and Reasons based on which an Application for Compulsory License shall be filed: Can be filed only after expiry…
Form 18 has to be filed by an applicant or any person with interest on a patent, in order to get his patent application examined either ordinarily (usually between 10 to 48 months) or expressly (usually 3 -12 months) from the date of filing. If the request for examination is not filed within 48 months…
Form 18A has to be submitted upon cases when the examination for a patent application needs to be urged or completed faster. Expedited examination request shall be filed along with the request for publication or after the request for publication only. Shall be filed by applicants whose applications indicate India as the Competent Searching Authority…
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…