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"PATENT" MEANS A PATENT GRANTED UNDER THE PATENT ACT WHICH ALSO MEANS THE MONOPOLY GIVEN TO A PERSON WHO MAKES AN INVENTION.

"INVENTION" MEANS A NEW PRODUCT OR A PROCESS INVOLVING AN INVENTIVE STEP* AND CAPABLE OF INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION.

"INVENTIVE STEP" MEANS A FEATURE THAT MAKES THE INVENTION NOT OBVIOUS TO A PERSON SKILLED IN THE ART.

INVENTIONS NOT PATENTABLE
THE FOLLOWING ARE NOT INVENTIONS:

  1. FRIVOLOUS OR OBVIOUS INVENTIONS.

  2. INVENTIONS WHICH COULD BE CONTRARY TO LAW OR MORALITY OR INJURIOUS TO HUMAN, ANIMAL OR PLANT LIFE AND HEALTH OR TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

  3. MERE DISCOVERY OF THE SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLE.

  4. MERE DISCOVERY OF AN ABSTRACT THEORY OR DISCOVERY OF ANY LIVING THING OR NON-LIVING SUBSTANCES OCCURING IN NATURE.

  5. MERE DISCOVERY OF ANY NEW PROPERTY OR NEW USE FOR KNOWN SUBSTANCE OR PROCESS APPARATUS- UNLESS RESULTS TO NEW PRODUCTS OR EMPLOYS ONE NEW REACTANT.

  6. PRODUCING A NEW SUBSTANCE BY MERE ADMIXTURES OF SUBSTANCES.

  7. MERE ARRANGEMENT / REARRANGEMENT OF KNOWN DEVICES FUNCTIONING INDEPENDENTLY.

  8. METHOD OF AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE.

  9. ANY PROCESS FOR THE MEDICINAL OR SURGICAL, CURATIVE PROPHYLACTIC, DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC OF HUMAN BEINGS, ANIMALS TO RENDER THEM FREE OF DISEASE OR TO INCREASE THEIR ECONOMIC VALUE OR THAT OF THEIR PRODUCTS.

  10. PRODUCTION OF NEW VARIETIES AND SPECIES OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS AND THE BIOLOGICAL PROCESS INVOLVED IN THEIR PRODUCTION OR PROPAGATION. (NEW PLANT VARIETIES CAN BE PROTECTED BY THE PROTECTION OF PLANT VARIETIES AND FARMERS ACT 2001)

  11. A MATHEMATICAL OR BUSINESS METHOD OR A COMPUTER PROGRAM OR ALGORITHMS.

  12. ASTHETIC CREATION INCLUDING CINEMATOGRAPHY AND TELEVISION PRODUCTION.

  13. METHOD FOR PERFORMING MENTAL ACT OR PLAYING GAME.

  14. PRESENTATION OF INFORMATION. TOPOGRAPHY OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS.

  15. DUPLICATION OF KNOWN PROPERTIES OF TRADITIONALLY KNOWN COMPONENTS.

  16. INVENTIONS RELATING TO ATOMIC ENERGY.
INVENTIONS WHERE ONLY METHODS OR PROCESS OF MANUFACTURE PATENTABLE
1. IN CASE OF INVENTIONS-
A.
CLAIMING   SUBSTANCES  INTENDED  FOR  USE,  OR  CAPABLE  OF   BEING  USED,  AS  FOOD OR  AS  MEDICINE  OR   DRUG,  OR
B.
RELATING    TO  SUBSTANCES  PREPARED  OR  PRODUCED  BY   CHEMICAL  PROCESSES (INCLUDING  ALLOYS,  OPTICAL  GLASS,   SEMICONDUCTORS  AND  INTER-METALLIC COMPOUNDS),  BIOCHEMICAL,   BIOTECHNOLOGICAL  AND  MICROBIOLOGICAL  PROCESSES.

NO  PATENT  SHALL  BE  GRANTED  IN RESPECT   OF  CLAIMS  FOR  THE  SUBSTANCES  THEMSELVES, BUT CLAIMS  FOR  THE  METHODS  OR  PROCESSES  OF MANUFACTURE  SHALL  BE  PATENTABLE.

[2. NOTWITHSTANDING  ANYTHING  CONTAINED  IN   SUB-SECTION  (1),   A  CLAIM  FOR  PATENT OF  AN  INVENTION  FOR   A  SUBSTANCE  ITSELF  INTENDED  FOR  USE,  OR   BEING  CAPABLE  OF BEING  USED,  AS  MEDICINE  OR   DRUG,  EXCEPT  THE  MEDICINE  OR   DRUG  SPECIFIED  UNDER  SUB CLAUSE (V)  OF  CLAUSE (I)   OF  SUB  SECTION (1)  OF  SECTION 2, MAY  BE   MADE  AND  SHALL  BE DEALT,  WITHOUT   PREJUDICE  TO  THE  OTHER   PROVISIONS  OF  THIS   ACT ,  IN  THE  MANNER PROVIDED  IN  CHAPTER IVA.] WHICH  MEANS  THAT  A  PATENT  FOR   MEDICINE  OR  DRUG  CAN  BE  FILED  BUT  THESE   SHALL  BE  EXAMINED  AFTER  31ST. DECEMBER, 2004.   UNDER  TRIPS  COMPLIANT.

WHO CAN APPLY FOR THE PATENT
AN APPLICATION CAN BE FILED BY ANY OF THE FOLLOWING PERSONS:
1.
BY  ANY   PERSON  CLAIMING  TO  BE  THE  TRUE  AND  FIRST   INVENTOR  OF  THE  INVENTION.
2.
BY    ANY  PERSON  BEING  THE  ASSIGNEE  OF  THE   PERSON  CLAIMING  TO  BE  THE   TRUE AND  FIRST   INVENTOR  IN  RESPECT  OF  THE  RIGHT  TO  MAKE   SUCH  AN  APPLICATION.
3.
BY  THE   LEGAL  REPRESENTATIVE  OF  ANY  DECEASED   PERSON   WHO  IMMEDIATELY BEFORE  HIS  DEATH  WAS  ENTITLED   TO  MAKE  SUCH  AN  APPLICATION.
4.
BY  THE   PERSONS  REFERRED  TO  THEREIN  EITHER  ALONE  OR   JOINTLY  WITH  ANY  OTHER PERSON.
PROCEDURE FOR THE GRANT OF PATENT
1.
THE  APPLICATION   IS  EXAMINED  BY  PATENT  OFFICE  AND  OBJECTIONS,   IF  ANY,  ARE INTIMATED.
2.
THE  SPECIFICATION   IS  ADVERTISED  AFTER  THE  OBJECTIONS,   IF   ANY,  ARE  REMOVED TO  THE  SATISFACTION  OF  THE   PATENT  OFFICE.
3.
THE  PATENT  IS   SEALED  IF  THERE  IS  NO  OPPOSITION  BY  THE   THIRD  PARTY  WITHIN  A PERIOD  OF  4  MONTHS   OF  ADVERTISEMENT.
4.
AFTER  SEALING  OF   THE  PATENT  THE  CERTIFICATE  IS  ISSUED  BY   THE  PATENT  OFFICE.
RENEWAL
THE  PATENT  IS  RENEWED  EVERY  YEAR   FROM  THE  DATE  OF  PATENT.

TERM OF PATENT
20  YEARS  FROM   THE  DATE  OF  FILING  OF  APPLICATION.
PATENT CO-OPERATION TREATY

"PATENT   CO-OPERATION  TREATY"  MEANS  THE  PATENT   CO-OPERATION  TREATY  DONE  AT WASHINGTON  ON  THE   19TH DAY  OF  JUNE  1970  AS  AMENDED   FROM  TIME  TO  TIME.  I.E.  IT   IS AN  AGREEMENT  FOR  INTERNATIONAL  CO-OPERATION  IN   THE  FIELD  OF  PATENTS . HOWEVER, IT  IS  LARGELY  A   TREATY  FOR  RATIONALIZATION  AND  CO-OPERATION  WITH   REGARD  TO  THE  FILING,  SEARCHING  AND  EXAMINATION   OF  PATENT.

ON  7TH   DECEMBER  1998  INDIA  ACCEDED  TO  THE  PARIS   CONVENTION  AND  PATENT CO-OPERATION  TREATY.
THE PCT SYSTEM

  1. THE SYSTEM IS A PATENT "FILING" SYSTEM, NOT A PATENT "GRANTING" SYSTEM. THERE IS "NO PCT PATENT".

  2. THE SYSTEM PROVIDES FOR

    » AN INTERNATIONAL PHASE COMPRISING

    A. FILING OF THE INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION.
    B. INTERNATIONAL SEARCH.
    C. INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATION.

    » A NATIONAL/REGIONAL PHASE BEFORE DESIGNATED OFFICES.

  3. THE DECISION ON GRANTING PATENTS IS TAKEN EXCLUSIVELY BY NATIONAL OR REGIONAL OFFICES IN THE NATIONAL PHASE

  4. ONLY INVENTORS MAY BE PROTECTED VIA THE PCT BY APPLYING FOR PATENTS, UTILITY MODELS AND SIMILAR TITLES.

  5. DESIGN AND TRADEMARK PROTECTION CANNOT BE OBTAINED VIA THE PCT.

  6. THE PCT IS ADMINISTERED BY WIPO AS ARE OTHER INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS IN THE FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY, SUCH AS THE PARIS CONVENTION.

THE REQUIREMENTS FOR FILING THE PCT APPLICATION

  1. THE REQUEST, WHICH INCLUDES

    A. PETITION.
    B. THE DESIGNATION OF THE CONTRACTING STATES. *
    C. NAME, ADDRESS, NATIONALITY OF INVENTOR(S) AND APPLICANT(S).

  2. DESCRIPTION, DRAWINGS, CLAIMS AND ABSTRACT.

  3. POWER OF ATTORNEY
* LIST OF THE COUNTRIES TO CLAIM PRIORITY, IF ANY, WHERE THE APPLICATION/ APPLICATIONS FOR THE GRANT OF PATENT HAS/HAVE BEEN FILED ALONG WITH DATE AND APPLICATION NUMBER.

THE APPLICATION MUST ALWAYS BE FILED IN A LANGUAGE, WHICH IS ACCEPTED BY THE RECEIVING OFFICE.
PCT TIMELINE
1.
FOR  INTERNATIONAL   PUBLICATION- 18  MONTHS  FROM  THE  DATE  OF  FILING   OF APPLICATION.
2.
FOR  INTERNATIONAL PRELIMINARY   EXAMINATION  REPORT- 28  MONTHS  FROM  THE DATE  OF   FILING  OF  APPLICATION.
3. 31 MONTHS FOR ENTRY IN TO THE NATIONAL PHASE.

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