Know The Concept of - Patent Search in India

To understand the concept of IP India Patent search, you need to first know what a Patent is? The Patent is a right given to an inventor by the Government for an invention. Such right is given for a limited time i.e., about 20 years. It provides a monopoly so that the inventor can stop others from using, copying, selling, offer to sell, importing in the country where the Patent right is provided for an invention.

Once the Patent applications are filed, it is published by the corresponding Patent Office. Hence, after publication it become part of public disclosure. Any interested person can search the patent applications or granted patents and read the same.

IP India Patent search can be performed using Indian Patent Office website. The said website is available for free to the public. Anyone can check the details of published or granted Patents. It is maintained and updated by the Indian Patent Office. One can find details such as Patent application number, publication number, Patent application date and publication date, title of the invention, inventor and applicant details, complete technical details of the applied or granted Patent, the status of the Patent application, the complete history of the Patent, etc.

Patent rights are territorial in nature. These rights are given to the inventor by the government of the country where it is filed. The government of the country is responsible to maintain and update the patent database. This helps the public in general to perform patent related works. Almost every country which has a Patent system does these works through the website. For example, India has IP India website “www.ipindia.gov.in” where one can do all kinds of Patent or Intellectual Property (IP) related works. This website is also available for public.

Please find below the activities one can do for Patent search in India by using the said website:

1. Online status check of filed or granted Patent applications
2. Patents filed by a specific company or person
3. Patent search in India to know about the similar filed or granted patents
4. Free Patent search in India for getting the technical details of published and granted patents
5. Free Patent search in India for bibliographic and complete technical details of published and granted Patents
6. Advanced Patent search for getting the filed or granted Patents in the similar technology domain.

The above activities help an interested person to understand state of the art, key players, and type of inventions allowed for grant.

IP India website is also known as InPASS which stands for Indian Patent Advanced Search System. It enables searching of Patents based on filing, publication, grant date, etc. One can do a free Patent search or advanced Patent search in India with the help of this website. There are multiple options available for doing the Patent searches such as search through application number, publication number, grant number, keyword-based search, etc.

IP Patent website also provides below options for doing different Patent works.

It allows filing of Patent application, necessary forms, and documents online. It further allows paying online Government fees.

Indian Patent Office Patent search tab allows you to check the legal status of the granted Patent. One needs to enter the Patent number along with the displayed code and click to “show E-register”. The following results will be displayed:

1. Bibliographic data of the Patent
2. The legal status of the Patent
3. Next renewal date for the Patent

Indian Patent Office Patent search tab allows you to check the status of the Patent application. You need to enter the Patent application number in the 'Application Status' tab. Once you enter the Patent application number, you need to enter a displayed code and click on 'show Application Status'. The result will display the following:

1. Applicant name
2. Application number
3. Date of filing
4. Title of the invention
5. Priority date
6. Publication date
7. Application status

Indian Patent Office Patent search tab also helps you to view all the documents uploaded for the Patent application in the 'View Documents' tab provided at the bottom page of the result.

Further, the Indian Patent Office Patent search also allows you to do different types of searches such as Novelty search, Prior art search, Freedom to Operate Search, etc., you can do searches for the published or granted Patents based on your requirement.

The purpose of the IP India Patent search website is to provide a single platform to the user for doing a free Patent search for India jurisdiction. But, if you are looking for Patents filed or granted in any country other than India, then either you need to do the Patent search on the country-specific Patent search website or you can do the same on the paid database or freely available databases.

For example, if you want to search for the US Patents, you may do a free Patent search on the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) website. If you want to search for European Patents, you may do a free Patent search on the European Patent Office (EPO) website. Similarly, almost every country has a Patent search website where you can do free Patent searches. Also, one can do a Patent search on freely available databases such as Google Patents, Patentscope, etc.

Paid databases and tools are also available for doing Patent searches for many countries and these Patent databases also provide you the translated copy of the filed Patent applications. Please note that few countries such as China, Japan, Republic of Korea etc. receive Patent applications in their native languages. Therefore, in such a situation where you need to do a global or country-specific Patent search, then you may choose to do the Patent search using the paid databases, or you may consult the Patent service provider who can do these Patents searches on behalf of you on the paid Patent database.

IPexcel is a specialised Technology Research and Consulting Organization that provides services related to Intellectual Property (IP). We have a strong technical team who can help you with the services related to all kinds of IP searches. For Patent, we use paid database and tools as well as the publicly available databases for doing the Patent searches. Also, we can help you for protecting your IP rights in the best possible manner in India as well as in other countries.