How to file a patent in India?
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You can check the application status of your patents here:
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The following PDF will give you detailed information about patents -
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Administrator • Mar 16, 2012
Thank you so much for this ^ one.bioramaniI have given up putting my name to patents from about ten years back. I have been involved in many applications earlier in various organizations I worked for. IIT, CSIR, DST all have their own departments that handle patent filing which the researcher has to use. Private organizations use patent attorneys.
The problem is in writing the document. Like legal briefs, patent briefs have a peculiar jargon, which is meant to be unambiguous so that adequate protection is built in.
If is about a product, one has to build in enough lee way in terms of dimensions, sizes and materials that it is not easy to make a slightly different item and avoid litigation. If it is about a process, again a range of parameters are given to ensure nobody makes a functional product by making small changes.
It is best to make a preliminary application and secure a priority date. That gives the applicant a few months time to prepare a full document.
It is important that one does not publish the information in any public medium. Anything in the public domain, even a scientific article, will prevent patenting.
Care should be taken in private communications of ideas also. Unless one can prove originating the correspondence, the recipient can preempt by filing for a patent. One cannot very well ask for a signed non diclosure agreement from a friend or mentor. It is a different matter that the relationship will not survive after any highjacking of the idea.
It is probably best to go for a reputed patent attorney from the beginning, even though a bit expensive, assuming that the idea has a substantial potential.
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Member • Mar 22, 2012
I have filed more than 50 patents... I will share a TON with you by golly!AbraKaDabraHas any of the CEans filed a patent? Can you share the detailed procedure?
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