Patent Registration Process Expedited

In a recent notice issued by CGPDTM it has been notified ro take steps to expedite the patent registration process irrespective of with or without any opposition stage (pre- / post).

To achieve this  objective, office of CGPDTM have decided to do the following:

  1. Reduced the period of hearing intimation from 30 days to 10 days.
  2. No more than 2 adjournments to be granted to any party
  3. Period of adjournment reduced from 30 days to 10 days (in view of public interest though still it is 30 days under relevant Patent Rule).

Link to  the Notice – Link

Source – CGPDTMIPINDIA,   Swarupa Ghosh