{"id":123129,"date":"2021-09-23T14:15:35","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T14:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=123129"},"modified":"2021-09-23T14:15:45","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T14:15:45","slug":"patents-amendment-rules-2021-notified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/patents-amendment-rules-2021-notified\/","title":{"rendered":"Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2021 Notified"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question : \u201cPatents (Amendment) Rules, 2021\u201d has recently(September 2021) been notified. Accordingly, how much reduction has been made in patent fees for educational institutions ?<\/strong><br>a. 80 Percent<br>b. 70 Percent<br>c. 60 Percent<br>d. 50 Percent<br><strong>Ans. a.<br>Related facts &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cPatents (Amendment) Rules, 2021\u201d has recently(September 2021) been notified.<\/li><li><strong>Key points &#8212;<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Patent Fees For Educational Institutions Reduced by 80 Percent<\/li><li>This amendment has come into force with effect from September 21, 2021.<\/li><li>Moreover, Patents Rules have been amended in 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2020 to achieve the objective of removing procedural inconsistencies and unnecessary steps in processing of applications thereby speedup grant\/registration and final disposal.<\/li><li>By amending the Rules, the procedures are made more compact, time-bound, user- friendly and compatible for e-transactions.<\/li><li><strong>In this regard, following initiatives have been taken by the Department:<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">i. Augmentation of manpower by recruiting new examiners.<br>ii. Making process of applying and granting patents completely online.<br>iii. Hearing of cases in Patents through Video-Conferencing for speedy and contact-less proceedings.<br>iv. Dynamic redesigning of website and real time based hassle free dissemination of IP information to stakeholders.<br>v. Encouraging the digital process for applying &amp; granting Patents.<br>vi. Scheme for Facilitating Startups Intellectual Property Protection (SIPP) has been launched to provide facilitators to Startups for filing and processing of their applications. Professional charges of such facilitators are reimbursed as per provisions under the SIPP scheme.<br>vii. The mechanism to lodge feedback\/suggestions\/complaints in respect of issues related to functioning of the IP offices has been set up in IPO website for the benefit of stakeholders. A team acts promptly on stakeholders\u2019 suggestions\/grievances and communicate appropriate response through e- mail.<br>viii. DPIIT through Cell for IPR Promotion and Management (CIPAM) and in collaboration with the office of CGPDTM is regularly engaged in dissemination of information and knowledge to IP<br>stakeholders by way of participation in awareness activities in IPR, conducted for schools, universities, industries, legal and enforcement agencies and other stakeholders in collaboration with industry Associations in the country<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Link:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1757202\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1757202<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question : \u201cPatents (Amendment) Rules, 2021\u201d has recently(September 2021) been notified. Accordingly, how much reduction has been made in patent fees for educational institutions ?a. 80 Percentb. 70 Percentc. 60 Percentd. 50 PercentAns. a.Related facts &#8212; \u201cPatents (Amendment) Rules, 2021\u201d has recently(September 2021) been notified. Key points &#8212; Patent Fees For Educational Institutions Reduced by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":123130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1121],"tags":[2344],"class_list":["post-123129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nnews","tag-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123129"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123131,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123129\/revisions\/123131"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}