A right to claim priority from an as-filed application is not just restricted to an applicant of the Priority application, but may be […]
Safely Claiming Priority From A Patent-Application Filed By Different-Applicant
Author: Rahul Sharma
Patent of addition: to apply or not to apply?
Often, after filing a patent application, improvements, additional uses and refinements surface. To ensure patent protection, the applicant can file for either a new application or a […]
Software-Patentability Test in United States- Federal-Circuit Offers Clarification
Adjudications by Federal Circuit (United States) last year in respect of software related patents clarifies the test as had propounded in wake of […]
Regulatory Framework for Artificial-Intelligence – A Need of the Hour?
Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to the development of computers that are able to do things, which normally requires human intelligence, without any human […]
IPO rules no time extension for lapse on part of former agent
A recent Indian Patent Office (IPO) order regarding Indian Patent Application 2440/DELNP/2006 rejected a petition for condonation of delay filed under Rule 137 of the Patent Act […]
Continuing uncertainty over divisional patent system
Divisional patent applications refer to patent applications that are divided out of an initially filed application (also referred as the main or parent patent […]