According to Section 43 (1), when the application for the grant of patent is in order and the controller has approved it by the virtue of power vested in him under the said act, and not the application is in contravention to any of the provisions of the said act, the patent shall be granted with the seal of the patent office and the date on which the patent is granted will be recorded in the register.
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Patent Opposition
Patent opposition provides an opportunity to the public to challenge frivolous and legally invalid patents. Under the 1970 Act, the patent could be opposed before it was granted (pre-grant opposition). The person opposing the patent is part to the proceedings. Under the 2005 Amendment Act, the opposition procedure is streamlined by having both pre-grant and post-grant opposition in the Patent Office.
Patent Prosecution
As per the procedure followed by the Indian Patent Office, the patent specification filed by the patent applicant includes invention details and patent claims. As it is well known, the most important aspect of the patent application are the patent claims because the patent claims define the scope of the invention.
Patent Publication and Examination
The patent application is automatically published after a period of 18 months from the date of filling the application for making it a prior art. Prior art acts as evidence that your invention is already known. In case the applicant is desirous of an early publication, he/she can file under Form 9 requesting for an early publication and by paying the requisite fee provided in Table I of the First Schedule. (See Rule 7 of the Patent Rules, 2003).
Patent Drafting in India
A provisional application is a summary of the invention and is filed to protect the invention at its early stage. If an applicant has filed the patent application for grant of patent he/she has to file the complete specification within a period of 12 months from the date of filing of the provisional application or else the application will be considered to be abandoned.
Patent Applications in India
Patent applications are divided into one or more types by the patent office, and as per Indian Patent Office, a patent applicant can type multiple kinds of patent applications.
Drafting of Service Agreements by Lawyer
Drafting of Service Agreements by Lawyer covering product (software, mobile apps) development to ensure ownership of intellectual property rights, aspects of commercial transactions and related milestones.
Licensing Agreements for Intellectual Property
Under an intellectual property licensing agreement (also known as an intellectual property license or an intellectual property license agreement), you retain ownership of your patent, copyright, or trademark, but you give another party permission to use some or all of your intellectual property rights for a specific amount of time for a fee or royalty.
Assignment Deeds for Intellectual Property
A Deed of Assignment of Intellectual Property is an agreement between an individual or corporation transferring its intellectual property to another individual or corporation, but signed as a deed.
Share Subscription and Shareholders’ Agreements
A Share Subscription and Shareholders' Agreements is a promise by a potential shareholder, also known as a subscriber, to make payment of funds to a company (Company) in an agreed number of “tranches”, in return for the Company issuing and allotting a certain number of shares at a certain price, such that the subscriber becomes a shareholder (Shareholder).
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