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Before the Breakthrough: Does Prior Art Include Wrongfully Published Applications?

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JULY 4, 2024

Vandana Parvez vs The Controller of Patents , dealt with a withdrawn patent application that had been wrongfully published and then later cited as prior art for the same applicant’s subsequent patent application! Despite the withdrawal of the appellant’s patent application, it was wrongfully published.

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Art Publishing Patent Application Invention

Some Concerns about the Amendment Process to Key Patent Levers: A “Captured” Patent Office?

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MARCH 21, 2024

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), under which the Patent Office functions, has published for consultation a set of proposed amendments to the Patent Rules, 2003. Two of the provisions slated to be amended have a direct impact on the quality of patents granted by the Patent Office.

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Patent Patent Application Government Reporting

Intellectual Property Pulse

Before the Breakthrough: Does Prior Art Include Wrongfully Published Applications?

Some Concerns about the Amendment Process to Key Patent Levers: A “Captured” Patent Office?

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