Patent Of Addition: An Indian Perspective

INTRODUCTION

After arriving at an invention and obtaining patent on it, there remains a scope of improvement or modification of such invention. The improvements or modifications may take place as an ordinary process of improving an invention, or as a result of feedback received from the market or from the industry. In such a scenario, where the invention is already protected by a patent, the improvement or modification over the original patented product or process may be protected by a "Patent of Addition" in India. It is here when the Patent of Addition comes into picture for protecting the novel, industrial applicability and non-inventive improvements or modifications to an already filed or granted patent application.