ASWAL ASSOCIATES- Intellectual Property Law firm India

The Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2016 have been notified with effect from May 16, 2016. The salient feature of the Rules are as follows: 1. It is now possible to delete the no. of claims while filing the PCT national phase application in India (as this amendment only allows deletion of claims, amendment of claims can only be made after filing of national phase) 2. Timeline for putting application in order for acceptance has been reduced to 6 months from 12 months earlier. A further extension of 3 months would be made available on filing of request for extension. 3. Where India has been indicated as ISA or IPEA, it is possible to file expedited request for examination on Form 18A. The fee for expedited request for examination is INR 8000 for natural person and start ups, INR 25000 for Small entity, and INR 60000 for other entity, and this request can only be filed online. 4. Also in case of start up a request for expedited examination could be filed on Form 18A and fee payable sh...