Adjournment of hearing An applicant for patent or a party to a proceeding may make a request for adjournment of the hearing with reasonable cause along with the prescribed fee prescribed in First Schedule, at least three days before the date of hearing and the Controller, if he thinks fit to do so, and upon […]

Directions not otherwise prescribed (1) Where for the proper prosecution or completion of any proceedings under the Act or these rules, the Controller is of the opinion that it is necessary for a party to such proceedings to perform an act, file a document or produce evidence, for which provision has not been made in […]

Exhibits Where there are exhibits to be filed in an opposition or any other proceedings, a copy or impression of each exhibit shall be supplied to the other party at his request and expense; if copies or impressions of the exhibits cannot conveniently be furnished, the originals shall be left with the Controller for inspection […]

Form, etc., of affidavits (1) The affidavits required by the Act or these rules to be filed at the patent office or furnished to the Controller shall be duly sworn to in the manner as prescribed in sub-rule (3). (2) Affidavits shall be confined to such facts as the deponent is able, of his own […]

Notification of corrections The Controller shall notify the person making a request for the correction and the opponent, if any, of the corrections made in the relevant document.

Manner and time of opposition to the making of corrections (1) Any person interested may, at any time, within three months from the date of the advertisement of the request for correction give notice of opposition to the Controller in Form 14 in duplicate. (2) Such notice of opposition shall be accompanied by a statement […]

Manner of advertisement of the proposed correction of any error Where the Controller requires a notice of the nature of the proposed correction to be advertised, the request and the nature of the proposed correction shall be published and the person making the request shall also serve copies of the request and the copies of […]

Correction of clerical errors A request for the correction of a clerical error in any document referred to in section 78 shall be accompanied by a copy of the document highlighting the corrections clearly along with the fees payable therefor as specified in the First Schedule.

Address of Communications All communications in relation to any proceeding under the Act or these rules shall be addressed to the Controller at the appropriate office.

CHAPTER XVI MISCELLANEOUS   Period within which copies of specification etc. are to be filed The period within which copies of specification or corresponding documents to be filed by the applicant under sub-section (1) of section 138 shall be three months from the date of communication by the Controller.