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 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…
Form 29 has to be filed by the Applicant or the legal representative, if he is willing to withdraw the patent application at anytime before the patent is granted. If such patent application is withdrawn before the first examination report is issued by the patent office and the corresponding fee for the same (examination or…
Form 30 has to used when in case of or reason for such an application to the Controller does not fall under any of the categories as mentioned from Form 1 to Form 29. Details to be entered in Form 30: Name of the Applicant / Patentee / Other Person: Address, Nationality and Email ID…
Once the search copy is received by the Searching Authority, they shall notify the applicant and the International Bureau along with the identification mark ‘ISA/IN’ along with the international application number and its serial number and the date of receiving the search copy. After receiving the search report, the Searching Authority shall refer the international…