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Draft Patents (Amendment), Rules, 2023
September 29 , 2023
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- The government has released Draft Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2023 rule, under the Patents Act of 1970.
- Under this, Patents are granted for new and useful inventions and are intended to encourage innovation by providing legal protection and exclusive rights to inventors.
- There will be a variable fee for Pre-Grant Opposition (PGO) filing (previously free).
- PGO is a pre-grant opposition filed after patent publication but before its grant.
- PGO filing, previously open to anyone, will now be determined by Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks.
- Disclosure of the patented product’s manufacturing location and price is no longer required.
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