How to Patent an Idea in India

Have you thought to patent an idea? This question mainly raised by a businessman with an idea or a scientist with a new formula/invention or professionals in some field to secure their idea. It has become concern mostly in business and R & D community.

A patent grants the right to an inventor to protect an idea from using, selling or making by others without his/her own consent. It’s necessary to keep safe your idea instead of letting the third party steal away from you.
Now, you are worrying about how to patent an idea in India. Don’t worry!! It’s now easy for the owner to patent an idea in India. For that, you have to just follow some simple steps given below.

8 Easy Steps to Patent an Idea

1. Conduct a Research

While going for a patent, ask three questions with yourself

• Empathize what inventions are eligible for the patent?

In this, understand your idea belongs to which area of invention, that it’s a process, article, the machine, composition of matter, new design etc.

• Find out if your idea is new, useful and obvious?

The idea must be new, unique and not used before. If it’s easily thinkable, then it couldn’t be patentable. It meets all the qualification including usefulness which determines that your invention is really helpful for your target user.

• Determine whether you are eligible to file a patent?

A patent can be applied under various certain conditions. It means not only an inventor but also other people can also apply.

2. Document your Idea

Here are four questions must be mention while drafting the document. These Includes:

1. Describe all about the invention and what is the objective of your invention.
2. Write the procedure that what it does, draft points which shows for what it works. You can take help of drawings and presentation.
3. If it’s machine then write the information of the internal working or if it’s a process then tell how it can be helpful.
4.  Explain in details the advantages of your idea, product or formula.

3. Consult an Experienced Lawyer

An expert helps you to create a document and file application with descriptions, claims, drawings etc. He/she can also help to file the patent and pay for the applicable fees. A lawyer can defend your patent at the time of application process.

4. Perform a Patent Search

You must look through a Patent and Trademark Directory to search earlier patents before applying to patent an idea. A patent search can be performed through the Patent database of India. Here’s the link http://ipindiaservices.gov.in/publicsearch. or you can take help of professionals for extensive search and check the patentability by forming a report.

5. Apply for Patent Application

If you are at the early stage of the invention, then first apply for the Provisional Patent Application. It can be done at low cost. But if you have the complete information about it, then you can go directly for complete specification and file the patent application.

6. Request to Examine

An applicant must apply for a request to examine the patent application. After receiving the request, your patent application will be given to a patent examiner for examination. The examiner examinees the application according to the patentability criteria. Along with this process, an examination report to be prepared.

7. Respond and Clear Objection

Many applicants will receive objections based on their report. For this objections, you must need patent professionals to analyze and create a response to clear all these. The objections should be resolved before granting the patent.

8. Submit to Grant the application

Finally, the application  gets to be placed in order to grant with the completion of all the patentability requirements

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