Complete Specification : Submission of complete specification is necessary to obtain a patent. The contents of a complete specification would include the following: (1) Title of the invention. (2) Field to […]

Provisional Specification : A provisional specification is usually filed to establish priority of the invention in case the disclosed invention is only at a conceptual stage and a delay is expected […]

Methods of Invention Disclosure : As already discussed, an invention is patentable if it meets three pre-requisites of patentability, namely novelty, inventive step, and capable of industrial applicability. While filing the […]

LAB NOTEBOOKS/LOG BOOKS/RECORD BOOKS : Laboratory Notebooks are the birthplace of inventions. Laboratory notebooks (also called a journal, inventor’s notebook or log book) is used by inventors, scientists and engineers to […]

Legal Status Searches : A search for this type of investigation is made to obtain information on the validity (status) of a patent or a published patent application, on a given […]

Patent Family Searches : This kind of search is carried out to identify a member of a “patent family.” Patent family searches are used in order to: • find the countries […]