The inventor, an assignee (employer/company), or the legal heir of a deceased inventor. Both Indian and foreign applicants can file. Ownership clarity affects filings, assignments, licensing, and future enforcement.

What to do next:

• Individual applicants: Decide whether the inventor files personally or whether the company should be listed as the applicant.
• Company applicants: Ensure that assignments are executed from the inventors to the company before filing.

File with the Indian Patent Office (IPO) via e-filing, submitting the prescribed forms and a specification (provisional or complete).

Steps overview:

1. Draft a provisional or complete specification (including drawings).
2. File the applicable Forms.
3. (Optional) Request early publication.
4. Submit a normal Request for Examination (RFE) or an expedited examination (if eligible).
5. Respond to the Examination Report and amend if required.
6. Upon grant, publication follows; maintain the patent through annuities.

What to do next:

• Conduct a patentability review based on the invention disclosure.
• Need speed? Consider early publication or expedited examination.

File with the Indian Patent Office (IPO) via e-filing, submitting the prescribed forms and a specification (provisional or complete).

Ordinary application (direct filing in India):

1. Provisional: Early priority; complete specification due within 12 months.
2. Complete: Full disclosure with claims.
3. Convention: Claiming foreign priority.
4. PCT National Phase: Entry into India from a PCT application.
5. Divisional: Filed when multiple inventions are disclosed in one application.
6. Patent of Addition: Improvements or modifications to your main patent.

What to do next:

• Already filed abroad? Choose between the Convention or PCT route.
• Still evolving? Start with a provisional application.

The inventor, an assignee (employer/company), or the legal heir of a deceased inventor. Both Indian and foreign applicants can file. Ownership clarity affects filings, assignments, licensing, and future enforcement.

What to do next:

• Individual applicants: Decide whether the inventor files personally or whether the company should be listed as the applicant.
• Company applicants: Ensure that assignments are executed from the inventors to the company before filing.

File with the Indian Patent Office (IPO) via e-filing, submitting the prescribed forms and a specification (provisional or complete).

Steps overview:

1. Draft a provisional or complete specification (including drawings).
2. File the applicable Forms.
3. (Optional) Request early publication.
4. Submit a normal Request for Examination (RFE) or an expedited examination (if eligible).
5. Respond to the Examination Report and amend if required.
6. Upon grant, publication follows; maintain the patent through annuities.

What to do next:

• Conduct a patentability review based on the invention disclosure.
• Need speed? Consider early publication or expedited examination.

File with the Indian Patent Office (IPO) via e-filing, submitting the prescribed forms and a specification (provisional or complete).

Ordinary application (direct filing in India):

1. Provisional: Early priority; complete specification due within 12 months.
2. Complete: Full disclosure with claims.
3. Convention: Claiming foreign priority.
4. PCT National Phase: Entry into India from a PCT application.
5. Divisional: Filed when multiple inventions are disclosed in one application.
6. Patent of Addition: Improvements or modifications to your main patent.

What to do next:

• Already filed abroad? Choose between the Convention or PCT route.
• Still evolving? Start with a provisional application.

The inventor, an assignee (employer/company), or the legal heir of a deceased inventor. Both Indian and foreign applicants can file. Ownership clarity affects filings, assignments, licensing, and future enforcement.

What to do next:

• Individual applicants: Decide whether the inventor files personally or whether the company should be listed as the applicant.
• Company applicants: Ensure that assignments are executed from the inventors to the company before filing.

File with the Indian Patent Office (IPO) via e-filing, submitting the prescribed forms and a specification (provisional or complete).

Ordinary application (direct filing in India):

1. Provisional: Early priority; complete specification due within 12 months.
2. Complete: Full disclosure with claims.
3. Convention: Claiming foreign priority.
4. PCT National Phase: Entry into India from a PCT application.
5. Divisional: Filed when multiple inventions are disclosed in one application.
6. Patent of Addition: Improvements or modifications to your main patent.

What to do next:

• Already filed abroad? Choose between the Convention or PCT route.
• Still evolving? Start with a provisional application.

File with the Indian Patent Office (IPO) via e-filing, submitting the prescribed forms and a specification (provisional or complete).

Steps overview:

1. Draft a provisional or complete specification (including drawings).
2. File the applicable Forms.
3. (Optional) Request early publication.
4. Submit a normal Request for Examination (RFE) or an expedited examination (if eligible).
5. Respond to the Examination Report and amend if required.
6. Upon grant, publication follows; maintain the patent through annuities.

What to do next:

• Conduct a patentability review based on the invention disclosure.
• Need speed? Consider early publication or expedited examination.