Form 14 – Notice of Opposition to Amendment/Restoration/Surrender of Patent/Grant of Compulsory License or Revision of terms thereof or to Correction of Clerical Errors.

For any of the following cases Form 14 shall be filed by a person who opposes a decision through a,

Details to be entered in the Form 14, upon filing such application are;

Name, Address and Nationality of the Applicant
Type of Opposition (Amendment / Restoration / Surrender / Grant of Compulsory License / Revision of Terms / Correction of Clerical Errors)
Patent No. / Patent Application No.
Date of Patent Granted / Filed / Published
Reason / Grounds on which the opposition is made
Address for service in India

Reasons / Grounds on which such Opposition shall be filed:

Notice of Opposition to Amendment:

After grant of a Patent if a patentee makes an amendment (change) to the Complete Specification or a document thereto and any person interested shall oppose the amendment made on reasonable grounds within the prescribed time.

Notice of Opposition to Restoration:

Opposition on the restoration of a patent which was lapsed due to non-payment of renewal fee on the grounds that
- The failure to pay renewal fee was intentional by the applicant, or
- The application for renewal was unduly delayed,.

Notice of Opposition to Surrender of Patent:

Any person interested in opposing the surrender of a patent by the applicant shall file such an application.

Notice of Opposition to Grant of Compulsory License or Revision of Terms:

The Patentee or any person interested shall file an application opposing the Grant of Compulsory License or Revocation of a Patent within a prescribed time.

Notice of Opposition to Correction of Clerical Errors:

When any clerical errors are corrected by the Controller upon application from the applicant of the Patent application or by the Patent Applicant itself; any person shall oppose such correction made on reasonable grounds.

For more details on placing such a notice, refer

Section 57(4) – Amendment of application and Specification or any document related thereto before Controller.
Section 61(1) – Procedure for disposal of applications for restoration of lapsed patents
Section 63(3) – Surrender of Patents
Section 78(5) – Power of Controller to Correct Clerical Errors Etc.,
Section 87(2) – Procedure for dealing with applications under section 84 (Compulsory Licenses) and
Section 85 – (Revocation of Patents by Controller for non-working.
Rule 81(3)(b) – Amendment of Application, Specification or any document thereto.
Rule 85(1) – Opposition to restoration under section 61
Rule 87(2) – Surrender of Patents
Rule 98(1) – Notice of Opposition under Section 87(2)
Rule 101(3) or – Procedure to be followed in case of Applications under Section 88(4) [Power of Controller in Granting Compulsory Licenses]
Rule 124 – Manner and time of Opposition to the making of Corrections.