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PATENT APPLICATION
&
REGISTRATION PROCESS
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
RIGHT(IPR)PCP7H009
BY
BIVASEET PRADHAN
PATENT APPLICATION & REGISTRATION PROCESS
Step 1: Write down the invention (idea or concept)
with as much details as possible
Collect all the information about your invention
such as:
• Area of invention
• Description of the invention what it does
• How does it work
• Advantages of the invention
Ideally, if you have worked on the invention
during research and development phase you
should have something call lab record duly signed
with date by you and respective authority.
Step 2: include drawings, diagrams or sketches
explaining working of invention
The drawings and diagrams should be
designed so as to explain the working of the
invention in better way with visual
illustrations. They play an important role in
patent application.
Step 3: check whether the invention is
patentable subject matter
All inventions may not be patentable, as per
Indian patent act there are certain inventions
that are not patentable explained in detail
in(inventions not patentable)
Step 4a: Patentability search
The next step would be finding out whether your
invention meets all patentability criteria as per Indian
patent act? That is,
• Novelty
• Non-obviousness
• Industrial application
• Enabling
The detailed explanation for patentability criteria is
given here (what are patentability criteria’s). The
patentability opinion is provided by the patent
professionals up on conducting extensive search and
forming patentability report.
Step 4b: Decide whether to go ahead with
patent
The patentability report and opinion helps you
decide whether to go ahead with the patent
or not, chances are what you thought as novel
might already been patented or know to
public in some form of information. Hence this
reports saves lots of time, efforts and cost of
the inventor by helping him decide whether to
go ahead with the patent filing process or not.
Step 5: Draft (write) patent application
In case you are at very early stage in the research and development for
your invention, then you can go for provisional application, It gives
following benefits:
• Secures filing date
• 12 months of time to file complete specification
• Low cost
After filing provisional application, you secure the filing date which is very
crucial in patent world. You get 12 months of time to come up with the
complete specification, up on expiry of 12 months your patent application
will be abandoned.
When you complete the required documents and your research work is at
level where you can have prototype and experimental results to prove
your inventive step you can file complete specification with patent
application.
Filing the provisional specification is the optional step, if you are at the
stage where you have complete information about your invention then
you can directly go for complete specification.
Step 6: Publication of the application
• Up on filing the complete specification along with
application for patent, the application is
published after 18 months of first filing.
• An early publication request can be made along
with prescribed fees if you do not wish to wait till
the expiry of 18 months from the date of filing for
publishing your patent application.
• Generally the patent application is published
within a month form request form early
publication.
Step 7: Request for examination
The patent application is examined only after receiving request for
examination that is RFE. Up on receiving this request the controller gives
your patent application to a patent examiner who examinees the patent
application with different patentability criteria like:
 Patentable subject matter
 Novelty
 Non-obviousness
 Inventive step
 Industrial application
 Enabling
• The examiner creates a first examination report of the patent application
upon reviewing it for above terms. This is called patent prosecution.
Everything happening to patent application before grant of patent is
generally called as patent prosecution.
• The first examination report submitted to controller by examiner generally
contains prior arts (existing documents before the date of filing) which are
similar to the claimed invention, and same is reported to patent applicant.
Step 8: respond to objections
• Majority of patent applicants will receive some type of
objections based on examination report. The best thing
to do it analyze the examination report with patent
professional (patent agent) and creating a response to
the objections raised in the examination report.
• This is a chance for an inventor to communicate his
novelty over prior arts found in the examination
report. The inventor and patent agent create and send
a response to the examination that tries to prove to
controller that his invention is indeed patentable and
satisfies all patentability criteria’s.
Step 9: clearing all objections
• This communication between controller and
patent applicant is to ensure that all objections
raised in the patent application are resolved. (if
not the patent will not be granted ) and the
inventor has his fair chance to prove his point and
establish novelty and inventive step over existing
prior arts.
• Up on finding the patent application in order of
grant, it is grant to the patent applicant as early
as possible.
Step 10: Grant of patent
• The application would be placed in order for
grant once it is found to be meeting all
patentability requirements. The grant of
patent is notified in the patent journal which
is published time to time.
PATENT APPLICATION & REGISTRATION PROCESS
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PATENT APPLICATION & REGISTRATION PROCESS

  • 1. PATENT APPLICATION & REGISTRATION PROCESS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT(IPR)PCP7H009 BY BIVASEET PRADHAN
  • 3. Step 1: Write down the invention (idea or concept) with as much details as possible Collect all the information about your invention such as: • Area of invention • Description of the invention what it does • How does it work • Advantages of the invention Ideally, if you have worked on the invention during research and development phase you should have something call lab record duly signed with date by you and respective authority.
  • 4. Step 2: include drawings, diagrams or sketches explaining working of invention The drawings and diagrams should be designed so as to explain the working of the invention in better way with visual illustrations. They play an important role in patent application.
  • 5. Step 3: check whether the invention is patentable subject matter All inventions may not be patentable, as per Indian patent act there are certain inventions that are not patentable explained in detail in(inventions not patentable)
  • 6. Step 4a: Patentability search The next step would be finding out whether your invention meets all patentability criteria as per Indian patent act? That is, • Novelty • Non-obviousness • Industrial application • Enabling The detailed explanation for patentability criteria is given here (what are patentability criteria’s). The patentability opinion is provided by the patent professionals up on conducting extensive search and forming patentability report.
  • 7. Step 4b: Decide whether to go ahead with patent The patentability report and opinion helps you decide whether to go ahead with the patent or not, chances are what you thought as novel might already been patented or know to public in some form of information. Hence this reports saves lots of time, efforts and cost of the inventor by helping him decide whether to go ahead with the patent filing process or not.
  • 8. Step 5: Draft (write) patent application In case you are at very early stage in the research and development for your invention, then you can go for provisional application, It gives following benefits: • Secures filing date • 12 months of time to file complete specification • Low cost After filing provisional application, you secure the filing date which is very crucial in patent world. You get 12 months of time to come up with the complete specification, up on expiry of 12 months your patent application will be abandoned. When you complete the required documents and your research work is at level where you can have prototype and experimental results to prove your inventive step you can file complete specification with patent application. Filing the provisional specification is the optional step, if you are at the stage where you have complete information about your invention then you can directly go for complete specification.
  • 9. Step 6: Publication of the application • Up on filing the complete specification along with application for patent, the application is published after 18 months of first filing. • An early publication request can be made along with prescribed fees if you do not wish to wait till the expiry of 18 months from the date of filing for publishing your patent application. • Generally the patent application is published within a month form request form early publication.
  • 10. Step 7: Request for examination The patent application is examined only after receiving request for examination that is RFE. Up on receiving this request the controller gives your patent application to a patent examiner who examinees the patent application with different patentability criteria like:  Patentable subject matter  Novelty  Non-obviousness  Inventive step  Industrial application  Enabling • The examiner creates a first examination report of the patent application upon reviewing it for above terms. This is called patent prosecution. Everything happening to patent application before grant of patent is generally called as patent prosecution. • The first examination report submitted to controller by examiner generally contains prior arts (existing documents before the date of filing) which are similar to the claimed invention, and same is reported to patent applicant.
  • 11. Step 8: respond to objections • Majority of patent applicants will receive some type of objections based on examination report. The best thing to do it analyze the examination report with patent professional (patent agent) and creating a response to the objections raised in the examination report. • This is a chance for an inventor to communicate his novelty over prior arts found in the examination report. The inventor and patent agent create and send a response to the examination that tries to prove to controller that his invention is indeed patentable and satisfies all patentability criteria’s.
  • 12. Step 9: clearing all objections • This communication between controller and patent applicant is to ensure that all objections raised in the patent application are resolved. (if not the patent will not be granted ) and the inventor has his fair chance to prove his point and establish novelty and inventive step over existing prior arts. • Up on finding the patent application in order of grant, it is grant to the patent applicant as early as possible.
  • 13. Step 10: Grant of patent • The application would be placed in order for grant once it is found to be meeting all patentability requirements. The grant of patent is notified in the patent journal which is published time to time.