You shall be providing answers to the questions mentioned in the IDF that mainly covers the following:

• Problem you are trying to solve
• Already available solutions and problems with these solutions
• Technical features for your invention 
• Functionality of the technical features 
• Any alternatives to your proposed solution

• Filled out IDF is reviewed to clearly identify the new technical features. 
• This step may involve 2-3 iterations to get the invention consolidated for Novelty Search and Specification preparation.

• This step helps you to identify, if the new technical features are really new. 
• We carry out a search on worldwide available documents to identify if there is any document published, same or similar to your technical features.

We prepare all the required set of Forms to be filed along with Patent Specification.

Once every thing is prepared, we move ahead to file the application, along with the requisite fees. Thereafter, we shall share with you the Patent Application number issued by the Patent Office.

No, Patent filing is the first step in the Patent Registration Process. The Patent gets registered after the due process, i.e., Publication of the Application, Examination of the Application, responding to the Examination Report, Hearing Process, Making Written submission to the Hearing, etc. We help you in each and every aspect of the Patent Registration process.

Yes, you are true the Patent procedures are costly. This cost goes into creating a strong asset for you. However, this investment is not to be made in one go, rather it is stretched through the complete prosecution cycle of Patent application, which shall be around 4-5 years in a normal process, and 1 year in a expedited process. And, yes there are mechanisms available to push the cost to later phases using different filing strategies. We devise personalized filing strategies for each case separately, which shall highly depend on your circumstances. Please contact us to get such strategies devised for you.

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It depends on factors, whether you shall like to get a Novelty Search done, and whether you shall like to file a Provisional Specification or Complete Specification initially, and what is the status of the applicant, etc. Accordingly, the cost in general may vary between Rs 9100 to Rs 108,000, exclusive of any taxes.

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It is not a mandatory step of Patent filing process. However, we highly recommend it to be carried out. It helps to consolidate the novelty of the invention, and further it shall help in preparing a crisp Patent Specification. Significantly, it shall help you to ensure that whether your invention is new or not, before you move ahead to invest heavily on the Patenting Process.

It depends on various factors, i.e., whether a Provisional Specification is to be filed or Complete Specification is to be filed, and in case of Provisional Specification, whether the Specification contents are already ready up to the level of satisfaction or not, and whether our efforts are required to firstly consolidate the Invention or not. Typically speaking a Patent Application can generally be ready to be filed, in 2 Business days and up to 1.5 months of entering the engagement.

No, now all the Patent procedure related work can be done online through e-filing portal of Indian Patent Office. And, further you need not worry about it. Being your Agent, we shall be taking care of all the work related to Patent filing.