Original Date of Publication: February 4th, 2008
Author- Dr.Kalyan C. Kankanala, Chief IP Attorney, BananaIP Counsels
OVERVIEW
A patent application can be filed at only one of the four patent offices in India (Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai). The patent application passes through the following stages:
A. FILING
B. PUBLICATION
C. EXAMINATION
D. OPPOSITION
E. GRANT
A. FILING
1. Applicant: An application for a patent can be filed by the true and first inventor. It can also be filed the by the assignee or legal representative of the inventor.…
First Publication Date: 5th November 2009.
In US, it is possible to block publication until grant of a patent application provided certain conditions are met. According to § 1.213 of MPEP, if the invention disclosed in an application has not been and will not be the subject of an application filed in another country, or under a multilateral international agreement, that requires publication of applications eighteen months after filing, the application will not be published, provided:
(1) A request (non-publication…