Patents Rules · Chapter XV

Patent Agents

Chapter XV of the Patents Rules, 2003 contains 14 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

108–120

Rule numbers

108Particulars to be contained in the register of patent agentsSpecifies the particulars the Controller must record for each person in the register of patent agents.
109Application for registration of patent agentsRequires an application for registration as a patent agent to be made on Form 22 with the prescribed fee.
110Particulars of the qualifying examination for patent agentsDescribes the qualifying examination a candidate must pass before being registered as a patent agent in India.
111Registration of patent agentsProvides for entry of a qualified applicant's name in the register of patent agents and the issue of a certificate.
111AIssue of duplicate certificate of patent agentsAllows a registered patent agent whose certificate is lost or damaged to obtain a duplicate on request and payment of the fee.
112Details to be included in an application for the registration of a patent agentLists the personal, educational and professional details an application for registration as a patent agent must contain.
113Registration of patent agents under section 126(2)Covers registration under section 126(2) for people already on the register before the 2005 amendment changed the qualifications.
114Disqualifications for registration as a patent agentSets out the grounds on which a person is disqualified from being registered as a patent agent in India.
115Payment of feesFixes the fees a person must pay to be registered as a patent agent and to keep that registration alive each year.
116Removal of a name from the register of patent agentsLists the situations in which the Controller may take a person's name off the register of patent agents.
117Restoration of name of persons removed from the register of patent agentsProvides the route by which a person whose name was removed from the register of patent agents can have it put back.
118Alteration of names, etc., in the register of patent agentsRequires a registered patent agent to have changes in their name, address or other register particulars corrected in the register.
119Refusal to recognise as patent agentSets out when the Controller must refuse to deal with a person as an agent in patent business.
120Publication of the names of patent agents registered under the ActRequires the Controller to publish the names of persons registered as patent agents so the public can check them.