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India Patent Form 18A

This document is a request form for expedited examination of a patent application. It contains fields for the applicant name and details, application number, invention title, and a request to examine the application under specific sections of the Patents Act to receive a faster review. The applicant must indicate the grounds for an expedited examination, such as being a startup. It includes signature and date fields and notes on requirements.

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India Patent Form 18A

This document is a request form for expedited examination of a patent application. It contains fields for the applicant name and details, application number, invention title, and a request to examine the application under specific sections of the Patents Act to receive a faster review. The applicant must indicate the grounds for an expedited examination, such as being a startup. It includes signature and date fields and notes on requirements.

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FORM 18A (FOR OFFICE USE ONLY)

THE PATENTS ACT, 1970


And THE PATENTS RULES, 2003 RQ. No:
REQUEST FOR EXPEDITED Filing Date:
EXAMINATION OF APPLICATION FOR Amount of Fee Paid:
PATENT CBR No:
[See section 11B and rule 24C] Signature:

1. APPLICANT(S)/OTHER INTERESTED PERSON


(a) NAME:
(b) NATIONALITY:
(c) ADDRESS:
2. I/We ----------------------------------------------------------------------------hereby request that my/our
application for patent no.------------------filed on------------------------for -------------------------------
----------------the-------------------------------------------------------------invention titled
-------------------
----------------------------------------------shall be examined under sections 12 and 13 of the Act.
or
I/We ----------------------------------------------------------------------------hereby request that my/our
application for patent no.------------------filed on------------------------for -------------------------------
----------------the-------------------------------------------------------------invention titled
-------------------
---------------------------------------------- based on Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) application
no………………..…. dated………………….. made in country ……….. shall be examined under
sections 12 and 13 of the Act, immediately without waiting for the expiry of 31 months as
specified in rule 20(4)(ii).
or
I/We hereby request that my/our request for examination bearing no.--------------for application
for patent no.------------------filed on------------------------for
-----------------------------------------------
the-------------------------------------------------------------invention titled
-----------------------------------
-----------may be converted to a request for expedited examination of patent application
under rule 24C and the application shall be examined under sections 12 and 13 of the Act.
3. The applicant(s) to indicate (by ticking the appropriate box) any of the grounds applicable in
case of request for expedited examination made by on any of the following grounds:
[ ] that the applicant is a startup, or
[] that India has been indicated as the competent International Searching Authority or elected
as an International Preliminary Examining Authority in the corresponding international
application.
ADDRESS FOR SERVICE IN INDIA
……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
.
Dated this ______ day of _________ 20____

Signature

Name of Signatory

To
The Controller of Patents
The Patent Office, at ___________
NOTE:

To be signed by the applicant(s) or by his/ their authorized registered patent agent


"Strike out the column(s) which is/ are not applicable.”;
For fee: See First Schedule.”;

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