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 Early Publication:
- Can initiate advertisements on the inventions raising funds.
- Can launch the product to the market as if a patent has been obtained with the statement Patent Pending with the Patent Application No.
- Can avoid competitors until the grant / no grant decision of the Patent Application.
- Need not wait for commercialization until a long period of 18 months
- Crowd funding can be sought without hesitation
- Market demand shall be utilised then and there.
For more details regarding the early publication as per the Patents Act, 1970 refer;
- Section 11A (2) – Publication of Applications.
- Rule 24A – Request for Publication