• Provisional Application

When an invention is still under development and is yet to be completed, a provisional application, often referred to as a temporary application, is submitted. If a patent application is filed early, any additional pertinent innovations will not be considered prior art to the inventor’s application. 

• Direct Filing

Initially, the Indian Patent Office files the entire specification without a related provisional specification.

• Subsequent Filing

In this scenario, the complete specification is submitted after the equivalent provisional specification and claims priority over the earlier-filed provisional specification.

• PCT National Application

The applicant must submit this application if he learns of an innovation or a little modification of an invention that the applicant has already patented or filed for a patent for. A PCT National application can be submitted if the innovation does not need a substantial inventive step.

• Divisional Application

The applicant may decide to divide a single application into two or more if it includes claims to over one invention. The priority date of these applications is like the parent applications.

• PCT International Application

The PCT international application opens the door for a streamlined patent application procedure in several countries at once, but it does not result in an international patent grant.

The advantages of registering a patent in India are as follows:

• A patent serves as a means of supporting breakthroughs and inventions. The innovation or concept belongs to the applicant after they receive the patent.
• A firm must register for a patent because a patent prevents rivals from stealing, selling, or importing the intellectual property without authorization. In support of the current legislation, the patent holder can thereby defend his patent rights.
• Like other types of property, patents can be bought, sold, or licenced.
• Ownership of the patent may also be transferred by the inventor.
• A patented product enhances brand recognition and can allow the company to charge more.
• When a patent holder has exclusive rights, they are in control of the usage. for at least twenty years, of the innovation.
• Under the International Patent Protection Scheme, the government would cover up to Rs. 15 lakhs, or 50%, of the total cost of an MSME’s international patent application.

Any of the following individuals may file a patent registration application for an invention, either individually or jointly with another individual:

1. 1. The genuine and original creator.
   2. True assignee of the original inventor.
   3. The assignee of the dead true and first inventor’s agent.
   4. The Patent Act defines a “person” as any natural person, business, association, group of people, or governmental entity, whether or not it is incorporated.
   5. If the business is a sole proprietorship, the proprietors’ names should be on the application.
   6. In partnership businesses, the patent application must provide all personally accountable partners’ names.
   7. A natural person or a person who is not a legal entity, such as a registered business, an LLP, Article 8 a business, a school, or the government.
   8. The real and original inventor’s name, address, and country of citizenship must be disclosed by the applicant.

Every year, a patentee must pay renewal fees. He/she may, however, pay the same in one flat payment.

Yes, there is an IDA in Chandigarh, and it is known as IMTECH (Institute of Microbial Technology).