Govt introduces e-patent certificate scheme
Published: Jul 24, 2017
By TIOLCORP News Service
NEW DELHI, JULY 24, 2017: THE Commerce and Industry Minister, Ms Nirmala Sitharaman, in a reply to a question in Lok Sabha today, stated that in order to eliminate delays in dispatch of patent certificates and to improve transparency in the system, the Government has launched the scheme of issuing e-patent certificates.
She further stated that the patent certificate will be generated through an automated system after the patent is granted by the Controller and shall be transmitted to the applicant concerned or his authorised agent on record to the email address furnished to the office. The patent certificate shall also be made available along with status of the application concerned on the official website (www.ipindia.gov.in), so that the same may be downloaded and printed, as desired by the applicants.