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PATENTS – KINDS OF PATENTS
Introduction: At present, Patent are granted for invention under patent Act 1970 and patent Rules 1972. The patent bill has been passed by both the Houses of Parliament received the President’s assent on 19th September 1970. It came on the Statue book as THE PATENT Act, 1970, and the act came into forces on 20th April, 1972.Patent: Under section 2 (1)(m) of Patent Act, 1970, “a patent means a patent for any invention granted under this Act,”
in general terms, a patent is an exclusive monopoly right granted to the inventor (patentee) to make, use, license or sell the invention for a limited period of time. After the expiry of the patent term, anybody from the public can use the invention as it passes into public domain.
Requirements of patent:
As per Patents Act, 1970, an invention should satisfy following test to get ‘Patent’:1. Test of novelty: It means that the subject should be new.
2. Test of utility: It means that it should be useful.
3. Test of marketability or vendibility: It means that the subject matter should have commercial purpose.
Kinds of patents:
1. Ordinary Patent: It is the most common patent. An application for an ordinary patent may be made by any person claiming to be the true or first inventor of the innovation under section 6(1) of the Patent Act 1970.2. Patent of an Addition: It is patent for improvement in or modification of an invention for which a patent has already been applied for or granted.
3. Patent for Convention: Patents Act allows grants to patents of persons out of India, on the basis of international arrangements. Such grant is available only if there is a convention, treaty or arrangement with the foreign country for grant of patents on reciprocal basis.
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