MANU/INDP/0013/2016

Ministry : Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Department/Board : Industrial Policy and Promotion

Notification From File No. : 14/3/2014.IPR-III

Date : 16.05.2016

Notification/ Circulars Referred : S.O. 493 (E) dated the 2nd May, 2003 MANU/INDP/0024/2003;S.O. 657 (E), dated the 5th May, 2006 MANU/INDP/0044/2006;S.O. 2296 (E), dated the 25th September, 2012 MANU/INDP/0057/2012;S.O. 1029 (E), dated the 23rd April, 2013 MANU/INDP/0027/2013;GSR 125(E), dated the 28th February, 2014 MANU/INDP/0009/2014

Citing Reference:
S.O. 493 (E) dated the 2nd May, 2003 MANU/INDP/0024/2003  Referred

S.O. 657 (E), dated the 5th May, 2006 MANU/INDP/0044/2006  Referred

S.O. 2296 (E), dated the 25th September, 2012 MANU/INDP/0057/2012  Referred

S.O. 1029 (E), dated the 23rd April, 2013 MANU/INDP/0027/2013  Referred

GSR 125(E), dated the 28th February, 2014 MANU/INDP/0009/2014  Referred

Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2016

Whereas the draft rules, namely the Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2015 were published as required under sub-section (3) of section 159 of the Patents Act, 1970 (39 of 1970), vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion) number G.S.R. 806 (E) dated the 26th October, 2015, in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, sub-section (i), and made available to the general public on the same day inviting objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby, before the expiry of a period of thirty days from the date on which copies of the Gazette containing the notification were made available to the public;

And, whereas, the objections and the suggestions received from the public on the said draft rules have been considered by the Central Government;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 159 of the Patents Act, 1970 (39 of 1970), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Patents Rules, 2003, namely:-