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This is a welcome move after announcement of Indian Patent Office (IPO) as
International Search Authority (ISA) and International Preliminary Examining Authority
(IPEA). Indian...
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This is a welcome move after announcement of Indian Patent Office (IPO) as
International Search Authority (ISA) and International Preliminary Examining Authority
(IPEA). Indian Patent Rule (Rules), after being introduced in 1972, were first amended in
2003 when India was moving forward to comply with its TRIPs obligations.
Following are the amendments 1. Identification of Appropriate Patent Office
The amended Rules have now allowed for transfer of a Patent application from one
branch office to another. Any further application has to be filed at the same appropriate
office where the first mentioned application was filed. It is believed that this would
consolidate the examination of divisional applications and streamline the process of
handling divisional applications. Also, for the sake of uniformity, all the divisional
applications which have been filed before the enforcement of new rules would now be
tran
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