<h1>Patent fee concession for educational institutions enables reduced official costs to encourage institutional patenting and commercialization.</h1> An amendment to the Patents Rules implements a significant fee concession for patent filings by educational institutions by reducing official fees payable under the Patents Rules, 2003, through the Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2021, effective 21 September 2021; the reduction aims to remove financial disincentives to patenting institutional research and to align institutional fee treatment with prior concessions extended to other applicant categories.