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RELEVENT PROVISIONS
THE PATENT ACT, 1970
Chapter lll = Application for patent
Chapter lV = Publication and examination of
applications
Chapter V = Opposition proceedings to grant
of patents
Chapter Vlll = Grant of patents and rights
conferred thereby
SPECIFICATIONS
General MeaningSpecification means a detailed description of
how something is, or should be made.
Legal Meaning-A patent specification is a unilateral
statement by the patentee,
-in words of his own choosing, addressed to
those likely to have a practical interest in the
subject matter of his invention,
-by which he informs them what he claims to
be the essential features of the new product
or process for which the patent grant him a
monopoly.
Contents of specifications
Title of inventionEvery specification, whether provisional or
complete, shall describe the invention and shall
begin with a title sufficiently indicating the
subject-matter to which the invention relates.
Field of invention Background of invention (Prior art)
Object of invention
OPPOSITION PROCEEDINGS TO
GRANT OF PATENT (Chap. V)
Opposition to the patent (sec.25)
Sec.25(1) says ,after the publication of
application and before granting of patent, any
person may ,in writing, represent by way of
opposition to the controller.
The grounds of opposition may be.
a) the applicant for the patent wrongfully
obtained the invention or any part thereof from
him ,
b) the invention so far as claimed in any claim of
the complete specification has been published
before the priority date of the claim
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