INDEX
Chapters:
01 Introduction
02.01General
02.02Definitions
02.02.01 Controller
02.02.02 Government
undertaking
02.02.03 Invention
02.02.04 Inventive step
02.02.05 Capable
of industrial application
02.02.06 Legal representative
02.02.07 Assignee
02.02.08 Patentee
02.02.09 Patent office
02.02.10 Appropriate office
02.02.11 Person
02.02.12 Person
interested
02.02.13 Prescribed
02.02.14 Prescribed
manner
02.02.15 True and
first inventor
03 Filing
of Patent Application
03.01 Applicant
03.02 Jurisdiction
03.03 Type of patent applications
03.04 Filing of a patent application
03.04.01 Contents of Patent Application
03.04.02 E-filing
03.04.02.01 Steps for
e-filing of Patent Application
03.04.03 Leaving
and serving documents at Patent
Office
03.04.04 Receiving documents in Office
03.04.05 Language and Paper size etc.
03.04.06 Sequence listing
03.04.07 Fee
03.05 Processing of Application
03.05.01 Initial processing
03.05.02 Scrutiny of application
03.05.03 Secrecy Directions and consequences thereof
03.05.04 Inventions relating to Atomic Energy
03.06 Withdrawal of patent application
04.01 Publication
of Patent Application
04.02 Early Publication
04.03 Particulars of Publication
04.04 Effects of
Publication
05 Provisional
and complete specification
05.01 Specification
05.02 Provisional Specification
05.02.01 Provisional Specification – General
05.02.02 Contents
of Provisional Specification
05.03 Complete Specification
05.03.01 Complete Specification
05.03.02 National phase applications
05.03.03 Title
05.03.04 Field of
the Invention and use of Invention
05.03.05 Prior Art
and problem to be solved
05.03.06 Objects of the Invention
05.03.07 Summary of the Invention
05.03.08 Detailed
Description of the Invention
05.03.09 Drawings
05.03.10 Abstract
05.03.11 Best
Method
05.03.12 Claims
05.03.13 Unity of
invention and clarity of claims
05.03.14 Significance of Claims
05.03.15 Scope of
claims
05.03.16 Structure
of claims
05.04 Priority
of a claim
05.04.01 General
05.04.02 Divisional
application
05.04.03 Convention
application
05.04.04 Effect
of Priority Date of a Claim
06 Divisional
application and patent of addition
06.01 Divisional Application
06.01.01 General
06.01.02 Contents
06.01.03 Priority
06.01.04 Appropriate office
06.01.05 Reference
06.01.06 Fee
06.02 Patent Of Addition
06.02.01 General
06.02.02 Novelty and inventive step
06.02.03 Reference
07 Convention
application, international application and national phase application
07.01 Convention
application
07.01.01
Paris
Convention and WTO Agreement
07.01.02
Convention
Country
07.01.03
Convention
Application
07.01.04
Documents
to be submitted
07.01.05
Multiple
priorities
07.01.06
Other
conditions
07.02 International Application under PCT
07.02.01
PCT International application by
Indian applicant
07.02.02
Indian Patent Office as receiving
office
07.02.03
Requirements
of PCT International Application
07.02.04
Functions
of Indian Patent Office as Receiving Office
07.02.05
PCT Fee
07.02.06
International
Search
07.02.07
Withdrawals
in International Application
07.02.08
International Preliminary Examination
07.03 PCT National Phase Application
07.03.01
General
07.03.02
Basic
Requirements to enter National Phase in India
08.01
Request for Examination
08.02
Reference for Examination
08.03
Examination of application
08.03.01
Search for anticipation by previous publication and prior claiming.
08.03.02
Novelty
08.03.03
Inventive step
08.03.03.01 General principle
08.03.03.02 Determination of inventive step
08.03.04
Industrial applicability
08.03.05
Inventions not patentable
08.03.05.01
Section
3(a)
08.03.05.02
Section
3(b)
08.03.05.03
Section 3(c)
08.03.05.04
Section 3(d)
08.03.05.05
Section 3(e)
08.03.05.06
Section 3(f)
08.03.05.07
Section 3(h)
08.03.05.08
Section 3(i)
08.03.05.09
Section 3(j)
08.03.05.10
Section 3(k)
08.03.05.11
Section 3(l)
08.03.05.12
Section 3(m)
08.03.05.13
Section 3(n)
08.03.05.14
Section 3(o)
08.03.05.15
Section 3(p)
08.03.06
Sufficiency of Disclosure
08.03.07
Unity of
Invention
08.03.08
Report of Examiner
08.04
Consideration of the Report by
Controller and issuance of FER
08.05
Post-dating of Application
08.06
Pre-Grant Opposition
08.07
Grant
of Patent
08.07.01
Compliance
of conditions under the Act
08.07.02
Consequences of grant
08.07.03
Date of
Patent
08.07.04
Conditions
subject to which a Patent is granted
08.07.05
Rights of
Patentee
08.07.06
Rights of
co-owners
08.07.07
Term of
Patent
09.01 Post-grant
opposition
09.02 Constitution of Opposition Board
09.03 Hearing
10.01
Maintenance
of Patent - renewal
10.02
Restoration
of Lapsed Patents
10.02.01
Procedure
for disposal of application for restoration
10.03
Registration of assignments/Transfer
of Right
10.04
Surrender
Of Patents
10.05
Working of Patents
10.06
Amendments
after the grant of patents
10.07
Procedure to be followed, after the
grant of patent, in case of death of an applicant
10.08
Register of Patents
10.09
Rectification of register of patents
11 Appeals
11.01 Appellate Board and Appeals
11.01.01
Appellate
Board
11.01.02
Appeals
11.02 Appeal procedure
12.01
Revocation of Patent
12.01.01
Revocation before High Court or
Appellate Board
12.01.02
Revocation by Controller on
direction of Central Government
12.01.03
Revocation by Central Government
12.01.04
Revocation by Controller for
non-working
13.01
Working of patents - General principles
13.02
Compulsory
License
13.02.01
Compulsory
license under Section 84
13.02.01.01
Reasonable
requirements of the public
13.02.01.02
Contents
of application
13.02.01.03
Procedure
13.02.01.04
Terms
and conditions
13.02.01.05
Application
by licencee
13.02.01.06
Compulsory
license in case of two or more patents held by the same patentee
13.02.02
License for related patents
13.02.03
Compulsory
licence on notification by Central Government
13.02.05
Termination
of compulsory license
14 Use of patent for purposes of
Government
14.01 Use
of patent for the purpose of Government
14.02 Power of Central Government to use
inventions
14.03 Rights of third parties
14.04 Acquisition of inventions
14.05 Reference of disputes to High Court
15.01 Patent
Agents
15.02 Disqualifications for registration as a patent agent
15.03 Rights
of patent agents
15.04 Subscription
and verification of certain documents by a Patent Agent
15.05 Restrictions on Practice as Patent Agents
15.06 Power
of Controller to refuse to deal with certain agents
15.07 Power of Controller to remove the
name of a Patent Agent
15.08 Restoration of names of Patent Agents
06.01 Contravention
of S.35 or 39
06.02 Falsification of entries in register, etc.
06.03 Unauthorized Claim of Patent Rights
06.04 Wrongful use of words, "Patent Office"
06.05 Refusal or failure to supply information
06.06 Practice by non-registered persons
06.07 Offences by Companies
17 General
powers of Controller
17.01 Powers
of a Civil Court
17.02 Awarding costs
17.03 Review
17.04 Petition for obviating an irregularity
17.05 Mention of inventor in Patent
17.06 Directions not otherwise prescribed
17.07 Exercise of discretionary power by the
Controller
17.08 Power of
Controller to correct clerical errors, etc.
17.09 Ex-parte
decision
18.01 General
Services
18.02 Official
Journal
18.03 Information relating to
Patent Applications and Patents
18.04 Inspection
and supply of copies of documents
18.05 Annual
report of the Patent Office
18.06 Information available at the Website
19.01 Scientific Advisors
19.02 Roll of Scientific Advisors
19.03 Qualifications and
procedure for empanelment / enrollment
19.04 Removal from the roll
20.01 Affidavits
20.02 Exhibits
20.03 Officers
and employees of Patent Office – duties
20.04 Hearing
to be in public
20.05 Agency
– Power of Attorney
21 Time
limits
21.01 Time
limits
21.02 Petition
for extension of time
21.03 Time
limits prescribed by the Patents Act, 1970 and Patents Rules, 2003