Amendments to specifications (1) When amendments are made to a provisional or complete specification or any drawing accompanying it, the pages incorporating such amendments shall be retyped and submitted to form a continuous document. (2) A marked copy clearly identifying the amendments carried out and a statement clearly indicating the portion (page number and line […]

Specifications (1) Every specification, whether provisional or complete, shall be made in Form 2. (2) A specification in respect of a divisional application under Section 16 shall contain specific reference to the number of the original application from which the divisional application is made. (2A) A patent applicant may, if he so desires, file one […]

Statement and undertaking regarding foreign applications (1) The statement and undertaking required to be filed by an applicant for a patent under sub-section (1) of section 8 shall be made in Form 3. (1A). The period within which the applicant shall file the statement and undertaking under sub-section (1) of section 8 shall be six months from the date of filing […]

Order of recording applications The applications filed in a year shall constitute a series identified by the year of such filing. In case of an application filed corresponding to an international application in which India is designated, such application shall constitute a series distinct from the rest of the applications identified by the year of […]

Period within which proof of the right under section 7(2) to make the application shall be furnished Where, in an application for a patent made by virtue of an assignment of the right to apply for the patent for the invention, if the proof of the right to make the application is not furnished with […]

Filing of documents and copies, etc (1) All documents and copies of the documents, except affidavits and drawings, filed with patent office, shall – (a)be typewritten or printed in Hindi or English (unless otherwise directed or allowed by the Controller) in large and legible characters not less than 0.28 centimetre high with deep indelible ink […]

Forms (1) The Forms set forth in the Second Schedule with such variations as the circumstances of each case may require shall be used for the purposes mentioned therein. (2) Where no Form is so specified for any purpose, the applicant may use Form 30 specified in the Second Schedule

Fees (1) The fees payable under section 142 in respect of the grant of patents and applications therefor, and in respect of other matters for which fees are required to be payable under the Act shall be as specified in the First Schedule. Provided that ten per cent additional fee shall be payable when the applications […]

Leaving and serving documents (1) Any application, notice or other document authorised or required to be filed, left, made or given at the patent office, or to the Controller or to any other person under the Act or these rules, may be tendered by hand or sent by a letter addressed to the Controller at […]

Address for service Every person, concerned in any proceedings to which the Act or these rules relate and every patentee, shall furnish to the Controller an address for service, including a postal address in India and an e-mail address, and such address for service shall be treated for all purposes connected with such proceedings or […]