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Course Objectives:
To enable students to comprehend and explain the laws, rules and forms relating to patent drafting and specification writings
To develop skills of patent drafting and specification writing in students so that they can act professionally
To make students suitable for jobs relating to the concerned field
Pre-requisites:
The student should have basic understanding of property law and commercial laws; they should also have legal aptitude to comprehend
the techno-legal problems
Course Contents/Syllabus:
Module I: Introduction 15
Indian Patent Act 1970 (As Amended in 1999, 2002 and 2005): An Overview;
Patent Rules and Patent Manual
Patent Filing and Grants ;
Patent Information System
Patent Agent, their Role and qualification
Patentable Invention/Non-Patentable Inventions
Conditions for Patent: Novelty, Inventive Step, Utility, Written Description and Best Mode
Module II: Application for Patent 30
Claim Sets:
-Independent Claims
-Dependent Claims;
-Multiple Dependent Claims;
Claim Construction:
-Parts of the Claim,
-Claim Punctuation,
-Antecedent Basis,
-Specific Types of Claims:
-Process or method claim,
-Product Claim,
-Product by Process Claim,
-Composition Claim
Interpretation and Analysis of Claims
List of Experiments: NA
100% NA 100%
Theory Assessment (L&T):
Continuous Assessment/Internal Assessment End Term
Examination
Components (Drop P/S/V CT A C EE
down)
Weightage (%) 10 10 5 5 70
Lab/ Practical/ Studio Assessment:
Ronald D. Slusky, Invention Analysis and Claiming-A Patent Lawyers Guide (Chicago, American Bar Association, 2007)
Morgan D. Rosenberg, The Essentials of Patent Claim Drafting (New York, Oxford University Press, 2012)
Gwilym Roberts, A Practical Guide to Drafting Patents (Sweet & Maxwell, 2007)
Kalyan C. Kanaknala,Arun K. Narasani & Others, Indian Patent Law and Practice, (New Delhi; Oxford University Press,2010)
Shail jain & R.K. Jain, Patents Procedures & Practices (New Delhi, Universal Law Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., 2011)
Dr. M.K. Bhandari, Law relating to Intellectual Property Rights, Central Law Publications
References