Why should inventions be protected ?
An invention is a new solution to a technical problem and can be protected through patents. Patents protect the interests of inventors whose technologies are truly groundbreaking and commercially successful, by ensuring that an inventor can control the commercial use of their invention.
What inventions can be protected ?
Inventions that are new, innovative & are industrially applicable.
What is a patent ?
Patent is an exclusive right granted for an invention, which is a product or a process that provides, in general, a new way of doing something, or offers a new technical solution to a problem.
What are the types of patents ?
Utility patents, Design patents, and Plant patents
What are the non-patentable inventions ?
- A frivolous invention or the contrary to established natural laws
- Mere discovery of a scientific principle or the formulation of an abstract theory or discovery of any living thing or non-living substance occurring in nature
- Mere discovery of any new form of a known substance which does not result in the enhancement of the known efficacy of that substance
- Arrangement or re-arrangement or duplication of known devices, each functioning independently of one another in a known way
- Method of agriculture or horticulture
- Mathematical method or business method or algorithms or computer programme
What is patent search ?
A patent search, or patentability search, is a search of existing patents and other publicly-available documents (which is referred to as “prior art”) to locate the closest existing things to your invention.
Is patent valid in every country?
Patents are territorial rights. In general, the exclusive rights are only applicable in the country or region in which a patent has been filed and granted, in accordance with the law of that country or region.
What rights does a patent provides?
A patent owner has the right to decide who may – or may not – use the patented invention for the period in which the invention is protected. In other words, patent protection means that the invention cannot be commercially made, used, distributed, imported, or sold by others without the patent owner’s consent.