Can any invention be patented after publication or display in the public exhibition? (Under The Patents Act 1970)






Ajith Ajith
Answered on February 14,2020

Generally, a patent application for the invention which has been either published or publicly displayed cannot be filed. However, the Patent Act provides a grace period of 12 months for filling of patent application from the date of its publication in a journal or its public display in an exhibition organized by the Government or disclosure before any learned society or published by applicant. The detail of conditions are provided under Chapter VI of the Act.

For details on the Act, refer to link.


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