What Is a Patent?
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Types of Patent Applications
- Provisional Application: Secures a priority date while giving you 12 months to finalise details.
- Ordinary Application: Complete specification filed without claiming priority.
- Convention Application: Filed under the Paris Convention claiming priority from a foreign application.
- PCT International Application: A single application seeking patent protection in multiple countries.
- PCT National Phase Application: Enter the national phase in selected countries after filing a PCT application.
- Divisional Application: Filed when an application discloses more than one invention.
Registration Process
- Prior Art Search: Conduct patentability search to ensure novelty.
- Drafting: Prepare provisional or complete specification with claims and drawings.
- Filing: Submit the application along with prescribed forms and fees.
- Publication: Application is published after 18 months; early publication can be requested.
- Examination: Request examination; respond to examination reports.
- Grant: Upon successful examination and opposition period, the patent is granted and issued.
Documents Required
- Inventor and applicant details (Name, Address, Nationality)
- Description of the invention with drawings/diagrams
- Provisional or complete specification
- Power of Attorney and assignment (if filed through agent)
- Priority documents (for convention/PCT applications)
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