Patents Rules · Chapter VIII

Grant of Patents

Chapter VIII of the Patents Rules, 2003 contains 8 rules. Each one has its own page with a plain-language explanation, a worked Indian example, the forms and deadlines it touches, and the sections it connects to.

Ch I Ch II Ch III Ch IV Ch V Ch VI Ch VII Ch VIII Ch IX Ch X Ch XI Ch XII Ch XIII Ch XIV Ch XV Ch XVI

Rules in this chapter

In force

Omitted

74–80

Rule numbers

74Form of patentPrescribes the standard form in which the Patent Office issues a granted patent, using the format set out in the Third Schedule.
74AInspection of documents related to grant of patentOpens the documents relating to a granted patent to public inspection at the patent office once the grant has been published.
75Amendment of patent under section 44Sets out how an application is made to correct a patent that was granted to a person who had already died or ceased to exist.
76Manner of applying for direction under section 51(1)Explains how a co-owner of a patent asks the Controller for directions when the joint owners cannot agree on how to deal with it.
77Manner of application under section 51(2)Provides the way to ask the Controller to have a document signed or a step taken for a co-owner who refuses to cooperate.
78Procedure for the hearing of proceedings under section 51Lays down the notice and hearing procedure the Controller follows before giving any direction to co-owners under section 51.
79Request under section 52(2)Sets out how the true inventor asks the Controller for a patent after a court permits it following revocation for wrongful obtaining.
80Renewal fees under section 53Governs when and how the annual renewal fees that keep an Indian patent in force are paid to the Patent Office.