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Patents - Electronics
Nitin Nair
September 15, 2017

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Topics
Electronics/Telecommunication related
inventions in India
SEPs
Litigation in this space

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Process
Drafting (specification & claims)
Filing (respective Patent Offices)
Prosecution (claim amendments in
response to office actions)
Maintenance

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Patentability
Product or process
Novel
Inventive step
Industrial application
Disclosure
Subject matter

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Subject matter - Exclusions
 A mathematical or business method or a
computer programme per se or algorithms
 literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work or
any other aesthetic creation*
 a mere scheme or rule or method of
performing mental act or method of playing
game
 a presentation of information*
 topography of integrated circuits*

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Example
 A method of optimizing an operation of a power generation
system having a plurality of power generation devices, the
method comprising:
obtaining an objective function of the power generation
system;
obtaining a plurality of operating constraints of the
power generation system;
determining a plurality of relationships between a
plurality of parameters of the power generation system, the
plurality of relationships including a first relationship
specifying an optimal operating range of one of the plurality
of power generation devices as a function of a power factor
of the one of the plurality of power generation devices; and
solving the plurality of relationships to obtain an
optimal solution for the objective function within the plurality
of operating constraints of the power generation system.

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Example
In a mobile telecommunications system comprising: a network including a plurality of base
stations for defining communications cells: and first and second user equipment for
communicating with the network, said plurality of base stations including at least one
home base station defining a home cell associated with said first user equipment and not
with said second user equipment, said home cell overlapping in coverage with a
communications cell usable by both said first and second user equipment, a method for
measuring a home cell comprising the steps of:
acquiring, at the network, position data indicative of the position of the
first user equipment;
determining whether the first user equipment is close to the home cell by
using the acquired position data;
sending a cell measurement control message from the network to the first
user equipment via a base station specifying measurements of said home cell when the
first user equipment is close to the home cell;
performing, at the first user equipment a fine position measurement:
determining at the first user equipment whether the first user equipment is
close to the home cell, based on said fine position measurement: and
taking measurements of said home cell at the first user equipment when the
first user equipment is close to the home cell.

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Example
 An apparatus comprising:
an elongated flexible member adapted to be removably
inserted into an enclosure;
a dispensing mechanism operable to selectively
dispense and retract said elongated flexible member;
a counter configured to determine an amount of said
elongated flexible member dispensed by said dispensing
mechanism;
a controller configured to receive said amount of said
elongated flexible member dispensed from the counter and
determine a rate at which said elongated flexible member is
dispensed; and
a display in data communication with said controller,
wherein said controller causes said rate at which said flexible
member is dispensed to be displayed in relation to a visual
representation of said enclosure on said display.

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Example
 1. A scheduling system for scheduling operation of a device, the scheduling
system comprising:
a touch screen based user interface adapted to display a plurality of
scrollable, selectable options corresponding to different settings, different
modes of operation of the device to be scheduled and different time zones
for which the device is to be scheduled for, said touch screen based user
interface further adapted to display the different settings, the different
modes of operation of the device for the different time zones as selected by
a user to define a particular operation schedule for the device;
a selection module adapted to facilitate navigation and selection of
the options from the plurality of scrollable, selectable options displayed on
said touch screen based user interface for selectively defining a particular
operation schedule for the device;
a storage memory adapted to store data corresponding to different
settings, different modes of operation of the device to be scheduled and
different time zones for which the device is to be scheduled; and
a communication network adapted to facilitate communication of
different settings, modes of operation of the device corresponding to
different time zones in accordance with a particular operation schedule to
the device for controlling the device as per defined operation schedule set
by the user for the device.

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Example
 A system for managing and monitoring prenatal image data
across a network comprising:
- a plurality of ultrasound machines distributed at various
geographical locations, wherein each ultrasound machine
comprises:
-an ultrasound engine to scan the prenatal images
from the ultrasound machine; and
-a master-data storage to store the prenatal images
scanned by each ultrasound engine in the master data storage
of its corresponding ultrasound machine; and
- a remote server linked to each ultrasound machine of
the plurality of ultrasound machines to form the network such
that the prenatal image data can be managed and monitored
from a remote location by authentic users.

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How to patent
 The claims and the description
 Should include hardware elements
 Not a general purpose computer
 Embedded device/IC/Microprocessor

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SEPs - Background
Patent rights
Negative rights

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SEPs
 Patents used in technical standards
Why are they required?
FRAND terms?

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Indian cases
 Ericsson
Micromax, Xiaomi, Intex, Lava, iBall
Proceedings happen before the Courts and the
CCI
Varying judgments: interim injunctions, court
determined royalty rates, in favour of both the
patent holder and the manufacturer.

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Indian initiatives
DIPP studies and discussions
TSDSI, TEC, DOSTI etc.

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Thank you
nitin@bananaip.com