A patent is an absolute right given for an invention, which is a product or a process that gives, in general, a new idea of doing something, or proposes a new technological solution to a problem. To get Patent Registration, technical data regarding the invention need to be revealed to the public in a patent application; both natural persons and corporate entities may appeal for a patent.
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Patent Application for complete specifications registration of design and medical patents (non- provisional) with the Indian Patent Office. Complete drawings/ illustrations, abstract and claims
The patent filing is vital to possess exclusive rights over the invention. If one doesn’t protect it under the law, anyone can exploit it commercially once available to the general public . to limit others from utilizing, selling, or making copies, the inventor must apply for an entire patent.
If you're an employee, then usually all the property generated during your course of employment would belong to the organization or the company you're working for. If there has been no such agreement you'll apply for the patent in your name, but it's advisable to require a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from your employer or Institute if you've got used the resources of your employer or institute to avoid any future disputes.
No, once the invention is within the public domain, it can't be patented anymore. Inventors shouldn't disclose their inventions before filing the patent application online or offline. However, under certain circumstances, the Patents Act provides a period of 12 months for filing of patent application from the date of its publication during a journal or its public display in an exhibition organized by the government or disclosure before any learned society or published by the applicant for an equivalent author and same inventor only.
An invention must have these three main qualities to be patentable:
iii) Industrial utility / Usefulness – it shouldn't be a mere prototype but it should be working and has got to have some use.
iv) It shouldn't attract the provisions of sections 3 and 4 of the Patents Act 1970 which describes the non-patentable inventions in India.
Filing the provisional specification is an optional step, if you have already got complete information about your invention, then you'll directly choose complete specification, there's no requirement to file the provisional application for patent.
The patent expires if it's lived its term i.e. 20 years
The patentee fails to pay the annual renewal fee.
The validity of the patent has been successfully challenged by an opponent by filing an opposition.
The patent is revoked.
A patent rarely has any value if the commercial worth of the merchandise or technology can't be demonstrated and exploited. Therefore, an individual has got to see the utility and demand for the invention within the market before he/she files for a patent, they will make money from their patent by claiming royalties, selling, or license their patented invention.