https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=885 Patent protection in India is territorial and requires separate national filings; Indian filing preserves foreign priority. Applications may be provisional or complete, with a provisional followed by a complete specification within the statutory period. Core Patentability criteria are novelty, inventive step, industrial applicability, and exclusion under statutory provisions. Procedures include publication after the secrecy period, optional early publication, request for examination, issuance of a First Examination Report and statutory compliance within the prescribed time or abandonment; pre-grant and post-grant opposition mechanisms and renewal/term rules are also provided. en-us Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:15:40 +0530 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:15:40 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=885 Patent protection in India is territorial and requires separate national filings; Indian filing preserves foreign priority. Applications may be provisional or complete, with a provisional followed by a complete specification within the statutory period. Core Patentability criteria are novelty, inventive step, industrial applicability, and exclusion under statutory provisions. Procedures include publication after the secrecy period, optional early publication, request for examination, issuance of a First Examination Report and statutory compliance within the prescribed time or abandonment; pre-grant and post-grant opposition mechanisms and renewal/term rules are also provided. News - Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:15:40 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=885