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Rule 7 of the Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2016

Earlier (1)The fees payable under section 142 in for the grant of patents and applications and other matters shall be specified in the First Schedule. Provided that ten per cent additional fee shall be payable when the documents are in hard copy format. Provided that for small entities every document for which a fee has …

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Rule 6 of The Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2016

Earlier 6(1) Any application or document to be filed or given at the patent office or to the Controller or to any other person under the Act or these rules, may be tendered by hand or sent by a letter addressed to Controller at the appropriate office or through registered post, courier service. If it …

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Rule 117 (3) of The patents (Amendment) Rules, 2016

Earlier: Restoration of name of persons removed from the register of patent agents (3) The restoration of a name to the register of patent agents shall be published and communicated to the person concerned. Present: Restoration of name of persons removed from the register of patent agents (3) The restoration of a name to the …

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Rule 135 (1) of The Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2016

Earlier: Agency (1) The authorization of an agent for the purposes of the Act and these rules shall be in Form 26 or in the form of a power of attorney. Present: Agency (1) The authorization of an agent for the purposes of the Act and these rules shall be in Form 26 or in …

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Patenting Trends in India

The Indian patent office granted 536 Patents for the month of March, 2015. The Top three consisted of GM Global Technology Operations, Qualcomm Incorporated, and Koninklijike Philips Eletronics N.V with a count of 39, 22 and 12 patents respectively. The chart below shows the top ten Companies that received the maximum number of patents for …

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CGPDTM launches \”KIDS Nook\”

With the purpose of creating IP awareness among kids, the office of Controller General of Patent, Design and Trademark (CGPDTM) launches “KIDS Nook”. This would be the first comics for kids about IP. It consists of various stories giving knowledge about Patents, Designs, Trademarks and introduction to creativity and innovations. You can visit the Nook …

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Patenting Trends from India

The Indian patent office granted 595 Patents for the month of February, 2015. The Top three consisted of GM Global Technology Operations, Qualcomm Incorporated, and LG Electronics with a count of 24, 21 and 16 patents respectively. The table below shows the top ten Companies that received the maximum number of patents for the month …

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Patent & Design Trends- IPO

Patent Trends The Indian patent office granted 515 Patents for the month of January, 2015. The Top three consisted of GM Global Technology Operations, Qualcomm Incorporated, and Council of Scientific & Industrial Research with a count of 4, 15 and 13 patents respectively. The table below shows the top five Companies that received the maximum …

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Top 20 Patentees for the year 2014

Indian Patent Office Granted 5721 patents in the year 2014. The top 20 companies include as tabulated below Sl no Name of the Patentee No. of Patents 1 QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 201 2 GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATION INC 184 3 TELEFONAKTIEB OLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) 80 4 COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDISTRIAL RESEARCH 78 5 SIEMENS …

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ePCT Services in India

Indian Patent Office recently notified the international bureau that it is prepared to receive and process international applications in electronic form coming into effect from 15 November 2014. International applications filed to the Indian Patent Office (IPO) as Receiving Office under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) may be filed electronically using ePCT.  Applications filed via ePCT-Filing …

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