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Patent Office publishes 80% more patent applications this week, Grants reduce by 30%

This week’s Patent & Design data has been compiled from the Official Journal of the Patents and Designs Office published by the patent office on the 14th of February 2020. These statistics are presented to you by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Intellectual Property Firm. INDIAN PATENT STATISTICS A total of 1422 patent applications have been published in the 7th issue of the Patent Journal, 2020. Out of the 1422 applications published in the journal,…

February 17, 2020 BananaIP Reporter Industrial Designs, Patents 0Comment 956Views 0Like

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8000 patent applications examined till date, 2667 patents granted

This week’s Patent & Design data has been compiled from the Official Journal of the Patents and Designs Office published by the patent office on the 31st of January 2020. These statistics are presented to you by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Intellectual Property Firm. Indian Patent Statistics A total of 1007 patent applications have been published in the 5th issue of the Patent Journal, 2020. Out of the 1007 applications published in the journal,…

February 3, 2020 BananaIP Reporter Industrial Designs, Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 903Views 0Like

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22,000+ patents granted so far this year, will the IPO reach the 25,000 figure?

This week’s Patent & Design data has been compiled from the Official Journal of the Patents and Designs Office published by the patent office on the 13th of December 2019. These statistics are presented to you by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Intellectual Property Firm. Indian Patent Statistics A total of 1633 patent applications have been published in the 50th issue of the Patent Journal, 2019. Out of the 1633 applications published in the journal,…

December 17, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 826Views 0Like

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Negotiating License Agreements

First Publication Date: 9th December 2010 This is in furtherance of my post on drafting patent licenses. The final deal in a license transaction depends on how well a person can negotiate and not on what is fair. "You get what you bargain for and not necessarily what is fair." Therefore, preparation for a license negotiation and negotiation skills play an important role in the final outcome. The first step towards preparing for a license negotiation is patent strength evaluation. A Licensor…

December 21, 2018 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, IP Commercialization/Licensing, Patents 0Comment 877Views 0Like

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Shall We Amend the Claims During Litigation?- AGC Flat Glass Europe Sa vs Anand Mahajan And Ors

First Publication Date: 9th November 2009 In my earlier post I had discussed about the prosecution and litigation and the effects of prosecution on the outcome of litigation. Friends, here is a case where the Delhi High Court has allowed a Patent holder to amend his claim (or, should I say extending the scope of claim) after a suit for infringement has been filed. An Indian Patent (no. 190380) has been granted to AGC flat glass (formerly, known as Glaverbel). AGC files a…

October 24, 2018 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 1461Views 0Like

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Patent Prosecution strategy, Interesting Designs, Patent Agent Examination 2018, GNLU patent course, Amazon’s cage patent and more

“Patent Prosecution strategy, Interesting Designs, Patent Agent Examination – 2018 Registration extension, Certificate Course on “Patent Law Practices in the United States, India and China” by GNLU, Ericsson demands arbitration in HTC dispute, Amazon’s ‘cage for workers’ patent faces severe criticism, ARIPO to launch Free Regional Intellectual Property Database and other Weekly Patent News,” presented by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Patent Firm. Patent Quote of the Week “Patent prosecution is a lot like…

September 17, 2018 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 888Views 0Like

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Prosecution History Estoppel

Patent prosecution is an iterative process and it is during this process that the applicant often changes the language of their proposed claims. The doctrine of prosecution history estoppel, formerly known as file wrapper estoppel has been defined as an equitable tool for determining the scope of patent claims. This occurs when an inventor amends the patent application by narrowing the claims during the course of patent prosecution to overcome a rejection. It has received a great deal of attention…

November 27, 2015 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 2690Views 0Like

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Can Patents Be Extensible Beyond 20 Years?

Patent, as we know is an exclusive right granted to the owner of an invention for a period of 20 years. Although 20 years sound like a long time, the term is actually calculated from the date of filing of the application or if an international application is claimed from the priority date of an application. Of the 20 year term, the period from the grant till the expiry of the patent is the real time a patentee enjoys the…

November 21, 2015 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 847Views 0Like

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Claim Amendments for Common Rejections during Patent Prosecution

Rejections under 35 U.S.C. 101 Rejections under this clause are based on the fact that claims do not fall within one of the four statutory categories of acceptable subject matter: process, machine, article of manufacture or composition of matter. One of the ways to overcome this rejection is by claiming an invention by properly citing the subject matter. In telecom patents, ‘signals’ cannot be claimed even though they are a part of the telecom industry. For example : A method…

November 19, 2015 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 1907Views 0Like

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Automobile Patent: Claim Amendments for Common Rejections during Patent Prosecution

Rejections under this clause are based on the fact that claims do not fall within one of the four statutory categories of acceptable subject matters: process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter. One of the ways to overcome this type of rejection is by claiming an invention by properly reciting the subject matter. In the automobile industry, the claims must satisfy process, machine, and manufacture categories. Example: A method for enabling anti-lock braking in a vehicle…

November 12, 2015 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 659Views 0Like

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Celebrating 20 Years of IP Excellence

Patent Office publishes 80% more patent applications this week, Grants reduce by 30%

8000 patent applications examined till date, 2667 patents granted

22,000+ patents granted so far this year, will the IPO reach the 25,000 figure?

Negotiating License Agreements

Shall We Amend the Claims During Litigation?- AGC Flat Glass Europe Sa vs Anand Mahajan And Ors

Patent Prosecution strategy, Interesting Designs, Patent Agent Examination 2018, GNLU patent course, Amazon’s cage patent and more

Prosecution History Estoppel

Can Patents Be Extensible Beyond 20 Years?

Claim Amendments for Common Rejections during Patent Prosecution

Automobile Patent: Claim Amendments for Common Rejections during Patent Prosecution

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