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PATET INFRIGNMENT IN INDIA OR

ABROAD

Second Assignment

Submitted to

Prof. Gunmaa Suri

On !anuar" #$ %&'(

Submitted B")

Me*a+ Gu,ta

MBA IB - rdSemester

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/G E/E0TRONI0S INDIA P1T /TD 1S B2ARAT B2OGI/A/ PATE/ 3 OT2ERS

Biotec*noog" and t*e in4entions arising out of it *a4e s,urred t*e creati4e geniuses of man"

in4entors and *a4e ,a"ed an im,ortant roe in im,ro4ing t*e nation5s *eat*$ food su,," and

en4ironment. To en*ance t*e 6uait" of t*e ,atents granted under t*e biotec*noog" Indian

Patent Office *as recent" ,ubis*ed Guideines for E7amining t*e Biotec*noog"

a,,ications. T*e guideines *a4e been designed in consideration to ,ro4ide uniform and

consistent ,ractice in t*e e7amination of ,atent a,,ications in t*e fied of Biotec*noog" and

t*e aied sub8ects under t*e Patents Act$ '#9&.

T*e o4er4ie: of t*e isted issues under t*e guideines is as foo:s;

Ti %&&%$ as ,er t*e ,re4aiing ,ractice in t*e Patent Office$ ,atents :ere not granted for

in4entions reating to i4ing entities of natura or artificia origin$ bioogica materias or ot*er

materias *a4ing re,icating ,ro,erties$ substances deri4ed from suc* materias and an"

,rocesses for t*e ,roduction of i4ing substances

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A,art from no4et" and in4enti4e ste, criteria$ t*e guideines aso describe anot*er im,ortant

,atentabiit" criteria i.e. Industria a,,ication as :e. It :as eaborated for industria

a,,ication t*at @In t*e conte7t of t*e gene se6uences$ it ma" be said t*at :*ate4er ingenuit"

is in4o4ed in disco4ering a gene se6uence$ one cannot *a4e a ,atent for it or a ,rotein

encoded b" it uness it is discosed *o: it can be used. It is t*erefore necessar" to consider

:*et*er t*e in4ention caimed *as a usefu ,ur,ose and :*et*er t*e s,ecification identifies

an" ,ractica :a" of using it.Biotec*noog" deas :it* i4ing sub8ect matters and in4o4es

ateration of genomic materias of organisms and *ence guideines *a4e ,ro4ided man"

e7am,es to carif" t*e e7amination in case of t*e in4entions fas under Section of t*e

Indian Patent Act in addition.

It can be obser4ed on t*e :*oe t*at :*ie designing t*e guideines$ t*e Indian Patent Office

*as made due care and t*at can refect b" incuding issue of @Sufficienc" of discosure$

0arit" and Su,,ort of t*e caims and unit" of in4entions.

Furt*ermore$ guideines *a4e co4ered Biodi4ersit" reated issues to consider as im,ortant as

t*e ot*er re6uirements. It is noted t*at to faciitate biodi4ersit" issues$ more em,*asis is gi4en

on Section '& of t*e Patents Act$ '#9&$ according to :*ic* discosure of t*e source and

geogra,*ica origin of t*e bioogica materia is mandator" in an a,,ication for ,atent :*en

t*e said materia is used in t*e in4ention. In addition$ a decaration b" t*e a,,icant regarding

t*e re6uired ,ermission from t*e com,etent aut*orit" >NBA? in Form ' of t*e Patents Rues$

%&& is made com,usor" b" t*e Indian Patent Office.

Fina"$ it is a:a"s noted t*at ,atenting in t*e fied of biotec*noog" ,oses c*aenges to t*e

a,,icants and *ence t*is s,ecific guideines ,ro4ide cr"sta cear trans,arenc" to im,ro4e t*e

e7amination ,rocedure :i be *e,fu to t*e e7aminers as :e to t*e a,,icants.

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