DIPP appointing new examiners to speed up examining of patents, designs and trademarks applications

The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has laid down the roadmap for expediting the process of examining the applications of patents, designs and trademarks by appointing additional 458 new examiners and 263 contract examiners at various levels to clear the backlog.

DIPP Secretary Ramesh Abhishek said that his department is making a conscious effort to bring down the timelines of examination of patents and trademarks to match them with the international standards.

The applications were now being reviewed on a monthly, quarterly and yearly basis, he added.

Abhishek was inaugurating a conference on 'Intellectual Property: A Key Enabler for Strengthening India's Business Landscape' organized here today to commemorate the World Intellectual Property Day 2016, by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in association with Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) and Intellectual Property Office (IPO).

He said that DIPP was committed towards creating a highly transparent, e-enabled, efficient and accessible IP eco-system in India that would provide legal certainty to the industry.