A Primer To Patent Application Drafting With Special Emphasis On Standard Practise(S) Before The Indian Patent Office

An enforceable Patent being the key to effective Commercialization/Out-Licensing of any technology needs to be drafted well. No matter how good a technology is, if the description of the technical subject matter of a Patent is not enabling or fails to disclose all necessary embodiments, and in case the claims are narrowly drafted and do not gain support from the specification, the worth of the technology is insignificant.

Patent application (whether provisional or complete specification), being a complex techno-legal document and difficult to prepare, mostly requires inventors to seek professional assistance from a patent practitioner. Nevertheless, many inventors facing the economic crunch decide to proceed on their own. This is a perfectly fine choice, but it needs to be done with eyes wide open. It also requires the do-it-yourself inventor to become as knowledgeable and familiar with the process of describing an invention and drafting a patent application as