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 or elected as an International Preliminary Examining Authority for an international application.
- applicants who are startups (certified by the Govt. of India) only.
Such applications will be examined within 1 to 8 months of time and the patent shall be granted if eligible within 12 to 24 months of time.
Details to be filled in the Form 18A:
- Name, Nationality, Address of the Applicant or any person so applying:
- Date of Publication of the Application:
- Patent Application No.:
- Date of Filing:
- Title:
- PCT Application No., (in case of express request):
- PCT Country (in case of express request):
- If any person other than the applicant is submitting the request; his reason for such an application along with evidence.
- Address for Service in India.
For more details, refer:
- Section 11B – Request for Examination
- Rule 24C – Expedited Examination of Applications.