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23 September 2019CopyrightJoginder Singh

India: Patents-in-waiting

Patenting can sometimes be time-consuming. As of today, the Indian patent office, (IPO), can take three to four years to grant a patent under the regular examination process, so what can an applicant do when a competitor starts copying an invention before the grant of a patent, ie, while a patent application for the same invention is pending with IPO for disposal?

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