Patent Registration in NCR

Step by Step guide for Patent Registration in NCR:

Application for grant of a Patent: This form is inclusive of all the details of the Inventor, Applicant, type of Patent Application is filed, the title of the invention, a certain declaration from the Applicant, and the signature of the Inventor, Applicant, and authorized person. Our Patent lawyers in NCR will help you with patent drafting in NCR and ensure that your application is granted.

Provisional/Complete Specification: This step includes the information for the type of Application, the title of the invention, description, claims, abstract of the invention.

Statement and Undertaking: A statement and undertaking on behalf of the inventor for updating the Controller for any foreign filing Application filed for Patent registration.

Declaration as to Inventorship: A declaration as to Inventorship must be filed in the Indian Patent Office.

form for authorization of a Patent Agent: In the case where the inventor is taking aid from a Patent Attorney in NCR or Patent agent in NCR for the services of Patent Application and Patent Registration, a form of authorization must be submitted to the Indian Patent Office.Further, In the case where Patent Registration in Delhi or any other Indian Patent Office in India is based on a previous Patent Application that is filed abroad under the PCT rule, or the convention Patent Application (as under the Paris Convention), a Priority document must be filed along with the application.

Further, In the case where Patent Registration in  NCR or any other Indian Patent Office in India is based on the previous Patent Application filed abroad under the Convention Patent Application (as under the Paris Convention) or PCT route, a Priority document must be filed along with the application.

In the case where the Patent Application submitted prior to the application in India is in a language other than Hindi or English, a Verified Translation of the same also needs to be submitted to the Indian Patent Office.

To be submitted by a small entity/start-up (optional): To take benefit under the category of small entity/start-up, any proof or evidence needs to be submitted. At last, all the documents, Forms, or Drawings must be signed by the authorized person or the inventor.

Publication of Patent Application in the Official Gazette:

The Patent Application, it has fulfilled all the requirements it will be published by the IPO after Eighteen (18) months in the Official Gazette of the IPO for the Public. Publication of Patent Application is an automatic process; it does not require any request from the Patent Office. However, if one wants to publish early, a request for early publication can be filed by the Applicant. On filing early publication, Patent Application can be published within one month from the date of filing of the request.

Filing of Request for Examination:

Requests for examination must be along with a form prescribed by the IPO. Examination of Patent Application is not an automatic process. The controller examines the Patent Application, only after receiving the request for examination. Upon receiving the request for examination, the patent application is examined.

Issuance of objection(s) in the Examination Report:

Subsequent to the examination, the Patent Office either grants the patent or issue an examination report against the filed patent application. The applicant gets six months’ time for submitting the reply to the Examination report. As a next step, if the Controller gets satisfied, grants the Patent else to give a hearing option to the Applicant.

Patent grant:

If the Patent Application fulfills all the requirements and the prescribed criteria for Patent Registration, the Patent is granted by the Controller, published in the Official Gazette of the Indian Patent Office, and issue a Certificate for the Patent Registration to the Applicant.