Tuesday, August 20, 2013

New Notification by Indian Patent Office – Status of pending patent application


Indian Patent office, recently (Aug 19, 2013), published dynamic status of patent applications, which are categorised under 23 categories (Classification based on respective filed of invention). Categories are:

Agrochemicals, Biotechnology, Chemical, Civil, Communication, Electrical, Electronics, Food, General Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Pharmaceuticals, Textile, Computer Science, Physics, Bio-Chemistry, Polymer Technology, Micro Biology, Metallurgy, Bio-Medical Engineering, Agriculture Engineering, Traditional Knowledge Biotechnology, Traditional Knowledge Chemical, Traditional Knowledge Mechanical

The patent applications are listed under 5 headings:

ü  In process

ü  Granted

ü  Refused u/s 15

ü  Abandoned u/s 21 (1)

ü  Withdrawn after 15 months

The above can be accessed here. However one needs to go through whole list after selecting the category and type of status, to look for the desired patent application. This is not in searchable format. One more important thing is that this is data after Jul 01, 2012.