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R.M.K E-CELL
PRESENTATION ON
PATENT REGISTRATION IN INDIA
FIFTH MEET – 22.01.2013
Contents
Introduction.
What is Patent?
What are the Parts of a Patent?
Purpose Of Patents.
Types of Patents.
Patents- Time to get.
Procedure For Registration.
Selecting what to Patent?
Damages for Infringement.
Patents- Examples.
Patent office in India
INTRODUCTION
When we produce innovative product or frame new process it should not be stolen
by other.
For that purpose our government has brought in the term called “PATENT”.
WHAT IS PATENT ?
It is one of the intellectual property.
Right provided by government for limited period of time.
This right is granted in exchange of disclosure of invention.
Does not give the inventor the right to make, use or sell the patented invention.
INNOVATIONS-PATENABLE:
PRODUCT : things.
PROCESSES : ways to make things.
METHODS : ways to do things.
INNOVATIONS-NOT PATENABLE:
Laws of nature (wind, gravity)
Physical phenomena (sand, water)
Abstract ideas (mathematics, a philosophy)
What are the Parts of a Patent?
Abstract.
Background of the Invention.
Summary of the Invention.
Figures with brief descriptions.
Detailed description or “specification”.
– Fully discloses what the invention is.
– How it is made?
– How it can be used?
Claim(s): sets the legal boundaries of protection.
– Independent.
– Dependent.
Purpose Of Patents
Patents acts as library of technical information so that others can learn and improve
that innovation.
Patent system encourages publication of new scientific and engineering work.
Patent excludes others from making , using or selling your invention.
Types of Patents
1. Design Patent:
– Ornamental appearance of an article of manufacture.
– Design and the applied object are inseparable.
– Can also be protected by a utility patent if it meets those requirements.
– Ex. surface ornamentation of flatware.
2. Plant Patent:
– Distinct & new variety of asexually propagated plant.
– Not by tuber propagation, found in an uncultivated state, or by seeds.
– Can also be protected by a utility patent if it meets those requirements.
– Ex. hybrid rose plant with a novel color.
Types of Patents-contd
3. Utility patent :
– Most common type granted.
– Works to produce a useful result.
• Process (ex. making a new chemical or a new business method)
• Machine (ex. camera)
• Article of Manufacture (ex. carpet)
• Composition of matter (ex. adhesive)
Patents- Time to get
18 months to 5 years from filing of application.
length varies by technology
- software patents – up to 5 years.
Procedure For Registration
Filling of application – Who can make?
Filing of complete specification after the provisional specification.
Preliminary scrutiny of the documents.
Publication of application after 18 months.
Early publication on specific request.
Procedure For Registration-contd
Examination.
Opposition to the application.
– Pre-grant and post-grant opposition
Grant and sealing of patent.
Submission of typed copy of specification.
Publication in the official journal.
Patents…
Relatively expensive to obtain :
1. Initial filing ~$8,000 - $12,000
2. Prosecution ~ $10,000+
Limited term of protection:
1. 20 years from filing
2. once it dies, it’s dead
Commercial Benefits:
1. Exclusivity
2. Monopoly Pricing
3. Licensing
Selecting what to Patent?
Business Value:
1. What is the likely value of the technology?
2. Will exclusivity provide a competitive advantage?
3. Does the technology align with your commercial products?
Legal Strength:
1. What is the novelty over prior art?
2. Business Methods?
Exclusivity:
1. Will competitors have viable design-around options?
2. Can infringement be detected?
Damages for Infringement
INJUNCTION
LOST PROFIT
RESONABLE ROYALTY
LOSS OF LITIGATION
Patents- Examples
Example: Apple
Patented Technology…
Apple holds over 7,000 patents
Data Processing
Technology
Computer Test
Technology
Computer Input
Technology
Programming or
Control
Technology
Control of
Peripheral Devices
Technology
Patented Technology…
Apple has >200 Patents related to Multi-
Touch Technology
Input Technology
Visual Indicators
Technology
Patent office in India
Shri Chaitanya Prasad, IAS Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks
Bhoudhik Sampada Bhavan, Antop Hill, S.M. Road, Mumbai-400037,
Phones : 022-24132735, Fax : 022-24123322 Web site : www.ipindia.nic.in
IPO Address and Phone Numbers
Contact Persons
Office of the Controller General of
Patents, Designs & Trade Marks
Bhoudhik Sampada Bhavan,
Antop Hill, S. M. Road,
Mumbai - 400 037
Head of the Office:
Dr. Ruchi Tiwari
Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs
Phone: 022-24123311, Fax: 022-24172288
E-mail: cgoffice-mh@nic.in
Patent office in India-contd
Head of the Office
(Patent & Design Office)
Head of the Office
(Trade Marks & GI Registry)
Intellectual Property Office
Boudhik Sampada Bhawan,
Antop Hill,
S. M. Road, MumbaiI - 400
037.
Phone: 24101144,
24148165
Dr. Rakesh Kumar
Deputy Controller of Patents
& Designs
Phone: 022-24153651, Fax:
022-24130387
E-mail: mumbai-
patent@nic.in
Shri S. M.
Togrikar
Senior Examiner of Trade
Marks & G.I.
Phone: 022-24137701, Fax:
022-24140808
E-mail: mumbai.tmr@nic.in
Intellectual Property Office
Intellectual Property Office
Building,
Plot No. 32, Sector 14,
Dwarka,
New Delhi-110075
Phone: 011-28032253,011-
25300200
Dr. K. S. Kardam
Deputy Controller of Patents
& Designs
Phone: 011-28034317,
Fax:011-28034315
E-mail: delhi-patent@nic.in
Ms. Prem Lata
Assistant Registrar
Trade Marks & G.I.
Phone: 011-28032382, Fax:
011-28032381
E-mail: delhi.tmr@nic.in
Patent office in India-contd
Head of the Office
(Patent & Design Office)
Head of the Office
(Trade Marks & GI Registry)
Intellectual Property Office
Intellectual Property Office
Building,
G.S.T. Road, Guindy,
Chennai-600032
Phone: 044-22502081-84
Shri. G.P. Roy
Deputy Controller of
Patents & Designs
Phone: 044-22502080,
Fax:044-2502066
E-mail: chennai-
patent@nic.in
Shri. V. Natarajan
Deputy Registrar of Trade
Marks & G.I. Phone: 044-
22502044, Fax: 044-
22502046
E-mail: tmrchennai@nic.in
Intellectual Property Office
Intellectual Property Office
Building,
CP-2 Sector V, Salt Lake City,
Kolkata-700091
Phone: 033-23679101
Shri D. K. Rahut
Deputy Controller of Patents
& Designs
Phone: 033-23671987, Fax:
033-23671988
E-mail: kolkata-
patent@nic.in
Smt. Ratan Shalya
Assistant Registrar of Trade
Marks & G.I. Phone: 033-
23675103, Fax: 033-
23677311
E-mail: kolkata.tmr@nic.in
Patent office in India-contd
Head of the Office
(Patent & Design Office)
Head of the Office
(Trade Marks & GI Registry)
National Institute for
Intellectual Property
Management (NIIPM)
and Patent Information
System (PIS)
Plot No 03, Opposite to
State Board Office, Hislop
College Road,
Civil lines, Nagpur , PIN
440001
Phone: 0712-2540913
Head of the Office:
Shri B. P. Singh
Deputy Controller, Patents & Designs
Phone: 0712-2540913
Fax: 0712-2540916
E-mail: niipm.ipo@nic.in
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Presented By,
S.SURIYA PRABHA (E.C.E. Final Year)