1. R.M.K E-CELL
FIFTH MEET – 22.01.2013
PRESENTATION ON
PATENT REGISTRATION IN INDIA

2. 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

3. 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”.

4. 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)

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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)

9. Patents- Time to get
 18 months to 5 years from filing of application.
 length varies by technology
- software patents – up to 5 years.

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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

13. 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?

14. Damages for Infringement
 INJUNCTION
 LOST PROFIT
 RESONABLE ROYALTY
 LOSS OF LITIGATION

15. Patents- Examples

16. Example: Apple

17. Patented Technology…
Apple holds over 7,000 patents
Control of
Peripheral Devices
Technology
Computer Input
Data Processing Technology
Technology
Computer Test
Technology
Programming or
Control
Technology

18. Patented Technology…
Apple has >200 Patents related to Multi-
Touch Technology
Visual Indicators
Technology
Input Technology

19. 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 Head of the Office:
Patents, Designs & Trade Marks Dr. Ruchi Tiwari
Bhoudhik Sampada Bhavan, Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs
Antop Hill, S. M. Road, Phone: 022-24123311, Fax: 022-24172288
Mumbai - 400 037 E-mail: cgoffice-mh@nic.in

20. Patent office in India-contd
Head of the Office Head of the Office
(Patent & Design Office) (Trade Marks & GI Registry)
Intellectual Property Office Dr. Rakesh Kumar Shri S. M.
Boudhik Sampada Bhawan, Deputy Controller of Patents Togrikar
Antop Hill, & Designs Senior Examiner of Trade
S. M. Road, MumbaiI - 400 Phone: 022-24153651, Fax: Marks & G.I.
037. 022-24130387 Phone: 022-24137701, Fax:
Phone: 24101144, E-mail: mumbai- 022-24140808
24148165 patent@nic.in E-mail: mumbai.tmr@nic.in
Intellectual Property Office Dr. K. S. Kardam Ms. Prem Lata
Intellectual Property Office Deputy Controller of Patents Assistant Registrar
Building, & Designs Trade Marks & G.I.
Plot No. 32, Sector 14, Phone: 011-28034317, Phone: 011-28032382, Fax:
Dwarka, Fax:011-28034315 011-28032381
New Delhi-110075 E-mail: delhi-patent@nic.in E-mail: delhi.tmr@nic.in
Phone: 011-28032253,011-
25300200

21. Patent office in India-contd
Head of the Office Head of the Office
(Patent & Design Office) (Trade Marks & GI Registry)
Intellectual Property Office Shri. G.P. Roy Shri. V. Natarajan
Intellectual Property Office Deputy Controller of Deputy Registrar of Trade
Building, Patents & Designs Marks & G.I. Phone: 044-
G.S.T. Road, Guindy, Phone: 044-22502080, 22502044, Fax: 044-
Chennai-600032 Fax:044-2502066 22502046
Phone: 044-22502081-84 E-mail: chennai- E-mail: tmrchennai@nic.in
patent@nic.in
Intellectual Property Office Shri D. K. Rahut Smt. Ratan Shalya
Intellectual Property Office Deputy Controller of Patents Assistant Registrar of Trade
Building, & Designs Marks & G.I. Phone: 033-
CP-2 Sector V, Salt Lake City, Phone: 033-23671987, Fax: 23675103, Fax: 033-
Kolkata-700091 033-23671988 23677311
Phone: 033-23679101 E-mail: kolkata- E-mail: kolkata.tmr@nic.in
patent@nic.in

22. Patent office in India-contd
Head of the Office Head of the Office
(Patent & Design Office) (Trade Marks & GI Registry)
National Institute for Head of the Office:
Intellectual Property Shri B. P. Singh
Management (NIIPM) Deputy Controller, Patents & Designs
and Patent Information Phone: 0712-2540913
System (PIS) Fax: 0712-2540916
Plot No 03, Opposite to E-mail: niipm.ipo@nic.in
State Board Office, Hislop
College Road,
Civil lines, Nagpur , PIN
440001
Phone: 0712-2540913

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S.SURIYA PRABHA (E.C.E. Final Year)