The patents in India are governed by the Patent Act 1970 and Patent Rules 1972.
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After the process of patent registration, one gets intellectual property right to an invention carried out by an individual or a firm. In case it is unique, the government will grant you the full right for your product.
It grants you the full right of making, using, selling or importing the product or services and prohibits others from doing so.
The application filed with the patent office will be published in the official patent journal. This is done after 18 months of the filing of the patent. The inventor can use form 9 for early publication.
The lifetime of a patent is 20 years. This period is limited in most cases, but it could only be extended by the act of congress and in rare cases it could be extended for a few years.
The patent could be for many things, be it process, art, method to manufacture, particular apparatus, machine, computer software, technical application, chemicals or drugs.
After the Patent Officer acknowledges the completion of all objections raised, then the patent is granted.