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Backlog Clearance Drive

New Year Bonanza by the Indian Patent Office Few months back, on 16.07.2010, Indian Patent Office informed the patent practitioners and the applicants to notify the patent office about the pending patent applications in which the First Office Action / First Examination Reports (FERs) have been generated on or before 30.06.2009, to which corresponding responses… Continue reading Backlog Clearance Drive

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IPO Publishes a List of Pharmaceutical Product Patents Granted in the Past Three Years

In a healthy development, Indian Patent Office has published following two documents today: Pharmaceutical Product Patents granted in last three years (Download document by clicking here) Pharmaceutical Product Patents granted to Foreign Applicants in last three years (Download document by clicking here) The legal implications of such publications shall be discussed in later posts that will… Continue reading IPO Publishes a List of Pharmaceutical Product Patents Granted in the Past Three Years

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