Master Guide to Patent Agent Examination

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Description
It gives me great pleasure to write the foreword of this book entitled "A Book for Patent Practitioners and Patent Agent Examination”.
A nation's ability to facilitate the success of several Government key initiatives such as "Make in India", "Digital India", "Start-Up India", "Slogan Innovative India Creative India under National IPR Policy", "Stand Up India", deserves an environment that incentivizes innovations. Going forward, the aim is to convert knowledge into wealth and social good, which is possible through new and disruptive ways of innovation. This will shape the future of innovative industrial sectors. Ownership, management, auditing, commercialization of Intellectual Property is thus critical in the digital age. With increasing thrust given by the Indian Government to boost domestic patent filings, there is a greater need to increase awareness and sensitize inventors on procedures of patent filing at Intellectual Property Office.
Adequate understanding of patent law is a must for technology-driven sectors. While the country has received an increasing number of domestic patent filings, post-patent amendments that took place in 2005, however, there is a need to file patent applications that stand the scrutiny and validity.
While modernization and hiring of patent examiners is a continued trend by IPO, to match up with the demands of users of the patent system, it is important that patent filers support patent offices to perform effectively by filing quality applications. To facilitate increased output of Patent Offices, increasing demand for specialized professionals in this area is inevitable.
I am highly hopeful that this book would be beneficial for technology and IP savvy professionals in commerce and industry to learn nuances of patenting.
I wish all the aspiring patent practitioners and aspiring patent agents the best of luck!
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Patentability, Patent Cooperation Treaty and Powers of Controller
Chapter 3. Patent Application Filling (Procedure and Documentation)
Chapter 4. Patent Prosecution at Indian Patent Office
Chapter 5. Opposition Revocation and Surrender of Patents
Chapter 6. Working of Patents and Compulsary Licensing
Chapter 7. Infringement and Defences
Chapter 8. Patent Claim Construction
Chapter 9. Standard Essential Patents (SEPS) and Frand Licensing
Chapter 10. Model Answers to Previous Year Question Papers
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Author Details
Sheetal Chopra