Patent Applications

Indian Patent Office proposes new guidelines for pharma patent examination

The Indian Patent Office (IPO) has proposed updating guidelines for examination of pharmaceutical patent applications to improve the quality, consistency and uniformity of scrutiny, taking into account the evolving interpretation of laws by courts. It has issued draft guidelines for examination of pharmaceutical applications for patent. Pharmaceutical patenting in India is extremely important and a sensitive issue because a bad patent can become a burden to society; good patents are essential for promoting innovation and technological development in the country. In order to achieve these targets, the IPO is continuously upgrading its internal resources, revamping its internal work modules or its public interfaces. "In an attempt to bring in quality, consistency and uniformity, the office has introduced the guidelines for examination in certain key areas like pharmaceuticals," it said. Further, many of the issues related to product patenting in the field of pharmaceuticals are now

IP office granted over 100,000 patents in FY24 assuring 'no delay'

India granted 1.03 lakh patents in financial year 2023-24, Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks Unnat Pandit said on Thursday, as he assured that there will be "no delay" in the Intellectual Property Office as it prioritises timely clearance of applications. Addressing an Assocham event here, he shared that 40 per cent of the applications were disposed of within 30 months of the request for examination. "We are going to have no delay in the IP office, that's the motive with which we have .. that IP should be granted and under Chapter 8 of the Act it should also be utilised by the applicant ... that will generate the economic value of IP," Pandit said. "All the pendency got cleared so now whatever application which is going to come for examination or hearing will be within the period of 30-36 months. So there is no delay which is going to happen now," he said on the sidelines of the event. Pandit emphasised that India needs to strengthen its Intellectual Property ..

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However, he added that several measures have been taken to simplify the patent procedures