A Patent application must be filed with the Patent Office in order to obtain a Patent for an invention. A patent in India is filed according to laws and rules set by the government. Patents must be filed in accordance with those laws and rules.

1. Patent Filing
Understanding a Patent filing requires an understanding of what a Patent
is.
Patents are rights granted by governments to inventors. Patents prevent
others from copying their inventions. Patent rights last 20 years.
What is a Patent filing?
In order to obtain a Patent for an invention, one must submit a Patent
application to the Patent Office. Patents in India are filed according to the
rules set by the Government. Those laws and rules must be followed when
filing a Patent. Technical details of the invention along with other details are

2. required by the Patent office in order to file a Patent application. A set
format must be used for describing the technical details of the invention.
Applicants and inventors must also be identified.
There are two ways to file a patent in India. On the one hand, you can do it
offline while on the other hand, you can do it online. For the offline method,
the documents must be filed in hard copy. For the online method, the
documents must be filed electronically. It should be noted that the online
India Patent filing fee is lower than the offline India Patent filing fee. In
addition, there is no need to submit hard copies to the Patent Office when
filing a patent online in India.
The Basics of Patent Filing in India
Patents are one type of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) which give the
owner the exclusive right to restrict others from using, making, selling,
offering for sale and importing Patented products or processes of his/her
invention or idea without permission.
A patent holder can use this concept to market their products and
maximize revenue through monopoly. Patent protection is becoming
more and more common in today's market.
In the event that you have toiled both mentally and physically, and
invested monetary resources to develop an idea, invention, or

3. innovation, a Patent will protect your interests. The Patent Grant
Certificate is a reward and recognition from the government that allows
the Applicant to have sole monopoly over the invention for twenty years
from the priority date of the invention.
India, like other countries, has an Indian Patent Office that administers
patent applications. Patent Filing and Prosecution are handled by the
Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trademarks (CGPDTM). The
office works with its Kolkata, Chennai, New Delhi and Mumbai branch
offices.
Once granted, a patent in India holds for twenty (20) years within the
country and follows streamlined stages.