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PATENT: A JOURNEY FROM IDEA TO PATENT

SONU GUPTA1, RAVINDER NATH BANSAL*2, SURENDER PAL SINGH SODHI3, GURSIMRAT KAUR BRAR3, RUCHIKA
BANSAL4
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery DIRDS Faridkot, 2Hospital Administration, GGSMCH, Faridkot,3 Department of Oral and
Maxillofacial surgery, DIRDS, Faridkot. 4Department of Physiology, AIMSR, Bhatinda.
Email: [email protected]

ABSTRACT
Indian patent system is strengthened by stringent rules which have been amended from time to time. Patent system encourages for invention and
disclosure to the public so that other can benefit from that invention. The patent has a significant role in ayurveda, yoga, siddha, unani, dental as
well as medical sciences. Difficulties arise due to a complex system of patent which acts as a barrier for inventors. Further, the situation is
complicated by the lack of knowledge regarding the procedure of filing and search patent application. This paper attempts to simplify these
difficulties and answer various queries arising in mind of an inventor.
Key words: Patent, Patentable invention, Patent application, Invention, Patent search.

INTRODUCTION
A patent is a legal right granted to an inventor which excludes
others from using or making a particular invention. The right is Involve an inventive step "inventive step" means an invention
granted for a period of 20 years from the date of submission of the involves technical advance in comparison to the existing knowledge
application in most countries. With this right, the inventor makes or have an economic significance or both and it should be non-
the description and implementation of the invention publically obvious to someone having good knowledge and experience of the
rather than keeping it secret. In the era of evidence-based medicine subject and who is already skilled in the art i.e. skilled in the subject
research and innovation is a practical phenomenon but not every matter for which patent application has been filled.
research is patentable. In this paper, the author has concentrated on
the patent system as a whole. [1] First of all for an invention to be Usefulness- an invention which is devoid of utility no valid patent
patentable it should be can be granted for that i.e. for the grant of the patent an invention
must possess utility. The patent specification should enlist different
New or Novel – it means invention should never be disclosed, applications and methods of practicing them.
before the date of patent application filling via any form of
publication anywhere in the world with respect to the invention and Be capable of industrial application - An invention must be
it should not form a component of the global state of the art i.e. capable of being used or made in some kind of industry i.e. the
Information appearing in magazines, technical journals, invention must take the form of an apparatus or device practically, a
newspapers, books as well as oral description in a conference product such as some new material or means of operation or an
/seminar. industrial process. [2, 3]. Non patentable inventions are listed in
(table no.1)
Table 1: Non patentable inventions
Type of invention Example
-frivolous invention claiming anything obviously contrary to well -different types of perpetual motion machines
established natural laws
-intended use or exploitation of any invention which would be contrary -a procedure for manufacturing of brown sugar
to public order or which causes serious prejudice to an animal, human
or environment or to the plant life
-the mere discovery of a scientific principal or formulation of an abstract -Raman effect and Theory of Relativity [4]
theory
-the mere discovery of a new form of an already known substance -mixtures of isomers, esters, complexes, polymorphs, particle size,
without resulting in improvement of the known efficacy of that isomers, pure form, combinations and other derivatives of already
substance or the mere discovery of any new property or novel use of an known substance shall be same substance unless they differ in
already known substance or the mere use of the already known properties significantly with regard to efficacy
procedure, apparatus or machine unless such a known process results
in a new product
-mere arrangement or duplication of a device’s features which function -exception putting torch bulbs around an umbrella and operate them by
independently of one another in the already known way a battery, this arrangement is patentable as bulbs and the umbrella
perform their functions independently
-a method of agriculture or horticulture - method of terrace farming

-inventions which are related to atomic energy -self explanatory

-the discovery of any non-living thing or living substance existing in -self explanatory

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nature
-mathematical or a computer program per se or algorithms
animals and plants in whole or any part thereof other than
microorganisms but including varieties, seeds, and species
-a presentation of information, Topography of integrated circuits;
-a method of playing games, a method of performing a mental act
-duplication of known component or components, an invention which is
-a traditional knowledge [2]
-a scientific theory or mathematical method, an aesthetic
creation, dramatic or artistic work, a discovery, literary[3]

-any process which is used for medical, surgical, curative, prophylactic, -a new surgical technique for hand surgery for
diagnostic or other treatment of human beings, or any process used for removing contractions
a similar treatment of animals to render them free of disease -in dentistry methods for the removal of dental
plaque from tooth surface or preventing the
formation of plaque
-methods to help discontinue smoking, methods of treatment of
withdrawal symptoms
-methods of abortion, termination of pregnancy or induction of labor
-method of diagnosis which is practiced on the animal or human body
-exception weight reduction methods such as suppression of appetite
for purely cosmetic reasons are patentable.
-exception in vitro diagnosis performed on samples removed from the
body or blood are
patentable [2, 5]

The requirement of a patent agent requiring both technical (field of the invention) as well as legal
(Indian patent act) understanding which is appropriately done by a
An Indian patent agent is an individual who is qualified in patent agent thus providing maximum possible protection for the
engineering or science degree and who has qualified the Indian invention. The patent application only as a technical document
patent agent examination as well as is registered with the Indian which does not have legal understanding may make application
patent office. The patent is a techno-legal document, therefore, devoid of proper protection coverage with previous efforts taken for
drafting a patent application for an invention is a dedicated job research and development useless.[6,7]
Table 2: Types of a patent application [3, 8]
Ordinary Application an application for patent which is filed without reference to any other
application and which contains no claim for priority made under any
convention
International/PCT Application an international application filed in compliance with the
Patent Co-operation Treaty (PCT)
Convention Application an application filed in the Indian Patent Office within a period of 12 months
from the date on which a similar application was filled in the convention country
Application for Addition an application made by the applicant for an improvement or modifications of
an invention disclosed or described in the complete specification filed
Divisional Application a divisional application is an application which is divided out of parent application

There are various types of patent applications as shown in (table no. foreign country after obtaining Foreign Filing Permission (FFP)
2) A patent application can be filed by –The first and true inventor, from the Controller of patents within 3 weeks. [9, 10, 11]
his or her assignee and legal representative of a deceased person
who immediately was entitled to make such application before his Modes of filling of patent application and processing
or her death. [3] Patent Application can be filled online (through e-filing [12] as well
Filing of the patent application as offline (in hard copies to the patent offices located at Delhi,
Kolkata, Mumbai, and Chennai). For the process of patent filing,
The patent application has to be written in a specific way prior to different forms (Form-1, Form-2, Form-3, and Form-5) have to be
filing in Indian patent office. Application for patent protection can submitted to the patent office. For offline application, 10%
be filled at several stages -1.initial ideation stage (prior to disclosing additional fee is to be paid. The patent application has to be written
in a speaking or to a group of people and prior to publishing the in a specified manner before filing in Indian patent office. The
invention and securing the date for invention), 2.after publication of patent application is published after one and a half year from the
the invention and displaying it in public without proper date of first filing. [13] Next step would be filing a request for
confidentiality measures and 3.intermediate phases of research. examination in form-18 and as per amended act request for
expedited examination in form-18A has been incorporated [13, 14]
If the filing of patent applications is delayed researchers performing and the controller assigns the patent application to a patent
research work in the same field of the invention may file the patent examiner to scrutinize invention to verify the invention matter if
application (in India it is first to file system) thus losing the chance patentable or not. The inventor has to analyze the first examination
for the inventor to get patent first. The provisional application report (FER) submitted by the examiner to respond along with
should be filled in the early phase. In case the invention has to be proper reasoning about his invention for being patentable. [13]
disclosed before patent application in the form of discussion with Otherwise the application is published in the patent gazettes issued
technical assistants, partners, patent professionals, supervisors etc. by the patent office. The said published application is open for
then Nondisclosure agreement (NDA) should be signed by all public examination and opposition. A patent shall be granted if no
parties to protect the confidentiality of invention. As per section 39 opposition is found and the grant will be notified in the Patent
of patent act 1970, an Indian resident can either file a patent for the Journal.
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Documents required for filling a patent (Table no. 3) been discarded in case of not filing the complete specification within
12 months from the filing date of the provisional specification. [2]
1. Application Form (Form 1),
2. Specification (Provisional/Complete) (Form 2), Complete specification: complete specification is a document which
3. Drawings (if any), includes an abstract (detailed description of the invention). It is
4. Abstract of the invention in duplicate. prepared in such a way that one can understand the technical
5. Information & undertaking enlisting the number, date of filling & problem and solution along with its usefulness along with the
current status of each foreign patent application in duplicate (Form drawings as well as claims (a claim is defined as the statement of
3). technical facts expressed in legal terms thus defining the scope of
6. If any priority date is claimed then Priority document in the invention). The description of prior art is also included in the
convention application when directed by the Controller. complete specification. [13, 15]
7. Declaration of inventor-ship where complete specification follows
provisional specification or in case of a convention/PCT national Form 3-Statement and Undertaking (Under Section 8) this form
phase application (Form 5). undertakes that inventor will be keeping the patent office informed
8. Power of attorney (in case of filed through Patent Agent). in writing the details regarding corresponding applications for
9. Fee (to be paid in cash /by demand draft /by cheque). patents filed outside India. Form 3 is used to provide
information/actions concerned with patent applications which are
(Note: The demand draft or cheque must be payable to the filed in other countries for the current invention.
"Controller of Patents"). [3, 13]
Form 5-Declaration as to Inventorship by the inventors using the
Form 1- Application for Grant of Patent - this form includes name current patent application.
and address of the inventor(s),name and address of the applicant(s),
information corresponding to prior patent applications relating to Form 9-Request for Publication - After 18 months from the priority
the current invention, which has been filed by any authorized entity, date (filing of the first patent application for the current subject
and some declarations, among other information. matter), the patent specification will be published by the patent
office. But the patent rights start from the date of publication of the
Form 2- A patent specifications entails the information of the patent application (enforceable only after the grant of the patent).
invention for which the patent protection is required. The patent
specification can be provisional or a complete patent specification Form 18- Request for Examination of Patent Application. Form 18
depending on the type of patent application (provisional or A- has been incorporated for expedited examination of the patent
complete) filed. application. [16] This form can be filed by inventor within 48
months from the priority date. The patent application will not be
Provisional specification: A provisional specification discloses an considered by the patent office for examination unless this form is
incomplete invention or inventions which require time for filed. Therefore to expedite the patenting process filling of form 18A
completion further. Its Purpose is to claim the priority date (the is advised at an early stage. [13]
date on which the patent application either with the provisional
specification or with the complete specification is filed at the patent Cost of getting patent
office. [13] Provisional specification before the filing of the complete There are two fundamentals for the cost of getting patent/filing
specification (for which12 months of time is provided) helps in patent in India: 1. The Government fees (for Forms, requests, and
securing date of application and a decision is taken whether or not renewals) and professional fee (for patent professional, patent
to proceed with costly and time-consuming patent application agent/attorney). Both government and professional charges are
procedure. Filing a complete specification later does not replace the different for a company and individual inventor as well as patent
provisional specification from records. Contents of Provisional application fees is different on the basis of a number of claims and
Specification are the title of the invention, description of the pages in the specification. Filing patent without help from a patent
invention which contains the field of the invention along with a agent can cost much lesser as fees paid is only the government fees
background as well as object and statement of the invention. Patent for patent filing and prosecution. [17, 11].
office provides the filing date and patent application number to the
provisional specification. The patent application is thought to have

Table 3: Different forms to be filled for patent application.

Form no. Title Patent Office Fee for e-filling only Patent office fee for physical filling
1 Application for applicant – natural/ applicant other others Applicant applicant others
the grant of a patent start up than natural than – natural/ other than than
person small start up natural small
entity person entity
2 Provisional/complete 1600 4000 8000 1750 4400 8800
Specification
3 Statement and no fees no fees no fees no fees no fees no fees
undertaking under
section 8
5 Declaration to as no fees no fees no fees no fees no fees no fees
Inventorship
9 Request for publication 2500 6250 12500 2750 6900 13750
18 Request for 4000 10000 20000 4400 11000 22000
Examination
18A Request for 8000 25000 60000 not allowed not allowed not allowed
expedited examination

A fee of 160/400/800/180/440/880/sheet, based on the type of WITHDRAWAL OF PATENT APPLICATION

applicant, is applicable for each sheet exceeding 30 sheets in a
patent specification. Further, a fee of INR The applicant can withdraw the application before the grant of the
320/800/1600/350/880/1750/claim, based on the type of patent at least 3 months before the first publication which will be 18
applicant, is applicable for each claim exceeding 10 claims in the months from the date of filing or date of priority whichever is
patent specification. [12, 15] earlier.

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The application withdrawn after the date of publication cannot be The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
refilled as it is already laid open for public inspection. However,
application withdrawn before the publication can be refilled It is an international treaty with more than 145 Contracting States
provided it is not opened to public otherwise. [15] if an application administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization
for which request for examination (RFE) has been filed is (WIPO). It provides a single “international” patent application
withdrawn before issuance of the FER, 90% of the fee paid for the simultaneously for patent protection in a large number of countries
RFE or request for expedited examination may be refunded, upon a instead of filing several separate national or regional patent
request made by the applicant in Form-29. [14] applications i.e. a single application –in a single language – in a
single country called the international application with the effect of
International patent filing simultaneously in different countries. [18]
A patent application can be filed simultaneously in different
countries by filing in all of the countries separately in which patent
is desired (for some countries, regional patents are available)
Table 4: Importance of Patent.

 A treasure-house of scientific inventions locates budding areas and technologies as well as an important source of technical and scientific
literature.
 It avoids replication and prevent re-invention and encourages for further discoveries by inventors [18,19]
 When a patent is granted the invention becomes the property of the inventor, which can be bought, sold, rented or hired
 Patents are intended to induce invention by conferring monopoly rights .when, medical device manufacturers, drug companies and
others in the healthcare industry obtain patents they charge additional prices that exceed marginal cost. This benefit encourages private
actors to invest in creating and disclosing devices, drugs, and other inventions.
 At the end the public benefits in return from these monopoly rights [20]
 A patent is an exclusive right granted by the government for a limited period of time. no one can use, make or market the invention
without the consent of the patent holder. However, after the expiry of the term of the patent, a patented invention becomes free for
public use and as a consequence of ceasing effect due to non-payment of renewal fee [6,21]
 Patent rights are territorial • Only valid in the country or region of the grant[22]
Print screen view of INPASS
As per section 53 of Indian patent act 1970, the term of every patent
is 20 years from the date of filing. In case of International
applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty the term of
the patent, is 20 years from the international filing date accorded
under the Patent Cooperation Treaty. In case renewal fee is not paid
within the prescribed period a patent shall cease to have an effect
and the subject matter shall not be entitled to any protection
covered by the said patent. [3] Importance of patent is described
in (table no. 4).
For maintenance of a patent for its full term the patentee has to pay
the renewal fee or Maintenance fee (Sec 53 of the Indian Patent Act)
every year. Renewal fee should be paid before the commencement
of every succeeding year i.e. before the end of the 2nd year from the
date of the patent in respect of 3rd year. The renewal fee is
extendable by 6 months by requesting an extension of time. [21] Patent Search in India
As per amended Rule 93 a patent renewal certificate will be issued Conducting a patent search is necessary before filing a patent
upon receiving the prescribed renewal fee in respect of a patent and application. Nowadays, InPASS is the Indian patent office database
such payment has to be entered by the Controller in the register of used to conduct an advanced patent search in India. InPASS is an
patents along with payment date. [12] updated version of previously used IPAIRS. InPASS allows a full-text
search of all Indian patents as well as patent applications. Is also
The patent which is lapsed on the grounds of non-payment of
allows a person to conduct a patent search using Wild Cards and
renewal/maintenance fee can be restored within 18 months from
Boolean Operators. In the InPASS four menu tabs namely Patent
the date of a lapse by submitting Form – 15 along with prescribed
Search, Patent E-register, Application Status, and Help are
fees (INR 2400/6000/12000 for natural persons/small entity/other
provided.
than a small entity) respectively. There should be provided
substantial evidence to support the unintentional nature of the In the 'Patent Search' tab, there are two check boxes used for
nonpayment of the renewal/maintenance fee. [16,23] Importance searching parameters mentioned below for granted patents or
of patent is described in (Table no. 4) applications published.
Indian patent search engine Keyword Search
The patent search engine is a structure based search which is an For keyword search collect all the keywords which are relevant to
interface which provides pre-defined Indexed fields for searching in the invention. This search can only be used in – title, abstract, and
the patent database. All Keywords are case-insensitive. Full details description.
including complete specification, Patent e-register & original
documents are accessible for Patent Applications filed 01/01/1995 Applicant Name Search
onwards. Data of Patents which have been granted is obtainable By entering the name of the applicant against the relevant row
since 1912. It contains details about application date, title, abstract, Applicant’s name can be searched. The result will display the title of
complete specification, application number, patent number [in case all inventions published or granted in the name entered. Inventor
of granted patent], applicant name, inventor name, inventor Name Search: you can also search the inventor name in the relevant
country, inventor address, filing office, pct application number, pct row Similar to the applicant name search, and the result display.
publication number etc. [25]

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Patent E-register carries out a search of the prior art. [27] which is searching for all
relevant technological and publically known information at the time
This tab discloses the legal status of the patent, date next renewal of patent application filing or at the time of the priority filing. This
date and bibliographic data of patent. encompasses collection and compilation of information relevant to
Application Status the invention which is publically disclosed prior to the specified
date by diverse National and International Patent Offices. These
Application Status' tab, allows checking the status of the patent offices are Indian Patent Office (IPO), Japanese Patent Office (JPO),
application. It provides the details of application such as application Chinese Patent Office (SIPO), United States Patent and trademark
number, applicant number, filing date, priority date, the title of the office (USPTO), European Patent Office (EPO), Korean Intellectual
invention, publication date. [26] Property Office (KIPO), world intellectual property organization
(WIPO) etc.(table no. 5)
Searching patent documents is a part of a prior art search. After
filing a patent application and formal examination, the patent office
Table5: Details of the Patent search database
Patent system Country /PLACE Database Applications Ref
IPO The patent Delhi, Indian patent to check published patent
system in India Mumbai, database INPAIRS applications,
Kolkata and Chennai application status, patent agent
register, patent fees.
INPAIRS maintained by Indian patent information on published applications
Version 2 Government database INPAIRS and application status.
of India and access to PCT

INPASS india. InPASS is an updated it allows a full-text search of all

version of IPAIRS 27A Indian patents and Patent applications

KIPO (IP) related issues The Korean translate the Korean patent
in South Korea Intellectual Property Rights abstracts and links to major
Information Service national and foreign online patent
(KIPRIS) databases

EKASWA A, B Ekaswa A, B, C Technology information on patent title,

and C contains patent Information, applicant(s) name(s), [27]
Database – applications filed Fore casting and inventor(s) name(s), patent
databases in India from Assessment Council number, application number,
available in January (TIFAC) INPAT application date, publication
CDROM and Web 1995 to June 2007. (Indian Patent Database) date, IPC code
MCPaIRS Patent literature databases i.e. patent title,
(Molecular PatBase, Thomson applicant(s) name(s), inventor(s) name
Connections Innovation, Questel (s), patent number, application number,
Patent Orbit, STN, SciFinder application date, publication
Information and Non-Patent date, IPC code
Retrieval System) – Literature databases
EPO states of ESPACENET provide translated versions
European Patent database at the EPO. of patents and provides
Convention information on the legal
(EPC). status and important reminders for
the entire patent application
process
SIPO people's Republic The database has Information about published, granted
of China Chinese Patent And unexamined Chinese and PCT
Machine Translation patent
System (CPMT)
then the controller shall give notice to the inventor. Before the
Indian patent office disseminates a patent electronic gazette every decision, he shall give an opportunity to be heard to both the
week which is freely and easily available in form of Pdf year wise as parties, if the amendments are allowed it should be notified in the
well as monthly and weekly on the official website of patent India. It official journal. [29]
contains details of patent applications filed by the applicants in
Indian patent office and published after a period of 18 months of Patent infringement
application filling. [28]
Patent infringement means others have entered a banned space
A patent can be amended before and after the grant. Before the limited to one of the claims in the patent (fig.1). A patent owner has
grant -A request for amendment can be filed on Form-13. [16] The the right for excluding others from using the invention which is
request should describe the nature of the proposed amendment patented. The basic legal test for infringement of a patent is whether
(highlighted in the copy annexed). The amendment can be allowed a patented product uses each element of a granted claim in the
by way of correction, explanation or disclaimer. Amendment cannot patent or not. If a product is made which do not contain at least one
be allowed if the amended claims do not comply with the scope of a of the claimed elements of the competitor’s patent, then there exists
claim of the specification before the amendment (Section 59). [3] no infringement. Let’s suppose that patented product is “X” and
The amended pages have to be filed by the applicant in duplicate competitor’s product is “Y”, and “p”, “q”, “r” and “s” indicate the
along with appropriately canceled original pages. components of a patented claim. Case one Product “X” has features
covered by a claim having components “p + q + r+ s.” Product “Y”
If the application for amendment is made after the grant of a patent, has features covered by components “p + q + r ”.Here case product
the nature of the amendment proposed should be published in the “Y” does not infringe “X”, as it excludes “s” element of the claim of
official journal as opposition may arise by any interested person and the patent covering product “X”. Case two Product “X” has features

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