Founded in the year 2014 by Sujata Chaudhri and located in the National Capital Region (NCR) in India, our firm provides advisory, litigation and enforcement, and prosecution services in all areas of intellectual property law.
This is one of the most common questions Indian patent applicants ask after receiving a hearing notice. Many applicants assume that once a detailed response to the First Examination Report (FER) has been filed, the next step should simply be grant. However, patent prosecution does not always work that way. A hearing may be scheduled when, after considering the applicant’s response, the Controller believes that certain objections remain outstanding, further clarification is re
One of the most important decisions during patent prosecution is also one of the easiest to get wrong: When should the claims be amended? For foreign associates and international IP teams managing Indian patent portfolios, this question can arise at different stages of prosecution. Sometimes an amendment is made voluntarily to improve clarity or better define the invention. In other cases, an amendment becomes necessary in response to objections raised in an FER or during a h
A First Examination Report (FER) issued after filing examination request and starting point of prosecution of Indian Patent Application. It treated as a list of objections that needs to be answered to the Examiner objections. But in patent prosecution, an FER is much more than that. It is a turning point. It define us how the Examiner is viewing the claims, the prior art and the patentability of the invention and gives the applicant an opportunity to shape the next stage of p
