All rules made by the Central Government under this act shall be laid before each house of the Parliament as soon as it is made (while in the session for 30 days before the expiry of the session or in the successive session). Rule shall be applied only after the agreement of both houses in…
Indian Patents and Designs Act, 1911 relating to patents is hereby revoked and shall be amended with this act specified in the Schedule. Certain particular matters in this section shall not cause any damage (prejudice) to the general application of General Clauses ACt, 1897 because of the revocation of the older act. Despite anything mentioned…
These rules may be called The Patent Rules, 2003. They shall come into force on the date on which the Patents (Amendment) Act, 2002 comes into force.
For all proceedings under this act, the appropriate office of the patent office, be the head office or the branch office shall be Within the territorial limits of any person, who is / are; the applicant / first applicant of a patent, where he normally resides or has his domicile or has the place for…
Any application, notice or other documents authorised or required to be given to the patent office or the Controller or any person in the Patent Office under this act shall be given either in hand or sent by a letter addressed to the Controller or the person of the appropriate office through post or speed…
10% additional fee for physical filing as a hard copy. For small entities Form 28 shall be submitted accompanying all documents submitted to the Patent Office. Fee shall be either paid as cash or electronic mode or also as a DD or Cheque payable to the Controller of Patents drawn in a scheduled bank where…
Corresponding forms as prescribed shall be used and submitted for any case as required. If no form for a case is available, Form 30 (To be used when no other form is prescribed) shall be used.
All documents and copies of documents, except affidavits and drawings shall be filed with the patent office shall be; either typewritten or printed in English or Hindi (unless directed and allowed for use of other languages by the Controller) on only one side of a paper; with words of minimum 0.28 cm height and 1.5…
Section 7 (2): Practical Situation. When a patent application is filed through assignment of right to file an application for patent for an invention. (In most cases; in many Companies or Institutions or R&D entities with employees working in it any inventions made shall be owned by the Company and filed for patent by the…
Any patent application filed in a year shall follow a series beginning with the year of filing. For international applications filed designating India, the series shall be distinct, however the application number shall begin with the year of filing only.