The Indian Patent Office

The petition states that such high standards were adversely impacting the association's service conditions and hurting India's economic interests

Agency under DPIIT draws up plan for speedy redressal

Total of 19,796 patent applications filed, 10,706 54% were filed by Indian applicants as compared to 9,090 by non-Indian applicants

The Finance Minister mentioned that 28,000 patents were granted last year as opposed to 4,000 in 2013-2014 and last year also witnessed registration of 2.5 lakh trademarks and over 16,000 copyrights

Patent Office rules that the drug isn't an improvement over other formulations in the same space, hence not eligible to enjoy a patent

India priority patent publications refer to patents that are first filed in India

The decision comes as there is speculation that the govt of Karnataka could ban two-stroke three-wheelers from end-April 2020

'No novel and/or inventive hardware features are defined in the claims', said the patent office

The Patent Office issues fresh guideline related to Computer Related Inventions (CRI) to bring in uniformity in examining patent claims