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Trade Marks Application fees has been revised as per Gazette Notification Dated: 29th December, 2010 by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Deapartment of Industrial Policy and Promotion). Now the trademark application fees will be Rs 3500 (Three Thousand Five Hundred Only) instead of Rs 2500 (Two Thousand Five Hundred Only). The fees has been increased by Rs 1000 effectively. The Trade Mark Rules 2002 have been amended accordingly and the rules would be termed as The Trademark (Second Amendment) Rules, 2010. The new fees has come in to force with immediate effect. Read more »

Utility model is an of intellectual property protection available in some countries. Utility model is a registered right given to an inventor that gives exclusive protection to the inventor. Utility models generally include mechanical inventions that teach minor improvement in the art. According to WIPO- A utility model is an exclusive right granted for an invention, which allows the right holder to prevent others from commercially using the protected invention, without his authorization, for a limited period of time. Read more »

http://www.pat2pdf.org/ is a website where you can enter a patent number and fetch a file in a .pdf format. Mostly one can search a desired patent/application on USPTO but when it comes to usability and saving the application it becomes a difficult task. http://www.pat2pdf.org/ is a voluntary programme that is working for several years over the internet. This site is specifically focussed on USPTO patent search. Here one can search MPEP online. The owners of this site have appealed users to support with funds to make it more and more interactive.

Patenting Facts

1. A patent specification must have at least one claim
2. The mere fact that DNA fragments are derived from the same source is not sufficient to meet the requirement for unity of invention.
3. PCT enables centralized publication of International Applications with ISR
4. Patent Amendment Act 1999, came into force retrospectively from 1st Jan 95
5. PCT provides the option of International Preliminary Examination of international application
6. A license is a grant of permission made by the patent owner to a party to exercise any specified rights as agreed. Read more »

Recently I came across a very interesting article on claims drafting on Patently-O. The article titled "Ron Slusky: Five Prescriptions for Effective Analyzing an Invention and then Claiming It" gives great tips.... Read more »

There are various strategies of disclosing an invention. It is, understood, here that the invention is disclosed to a reliable patent attorney or patent agent. According to a first strategy the patent attorney gives a disclosure template form to the inventor and asks the inventor to disclose the invention by filling the fields in the template. Read more »