{"id":12681,"date":"2017-02-07T13:43:14","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T13:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/?p=12681"},"modified":"2026-04-07T17:17:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:47:47","slug":"what-is-patent-how-get-patent-protection-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/what-is-patent-how-get-patent-protection-india\/","title":{"rendered":"What is patent? How to get patent protection in India?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The patent is a word used randomly when talking about rights possessed by an authorized company.<\/p>\n

Words used in the place of the patent can be copyright, license, legal protection, charter, franchise, registered trademark and such more. Basically, conferring a right or title for a set period, especially the sole right to exclude others from using at selling an invention without any permission can be defined as ‘Patent’.<\/p>\n

A Patent is an exclusive monopoly grant by the government of an inventor over his invention for a limited period of time.<\/p>\n

The word ‘Patent’ originates from the Latin \u2018patere\u2019, which means ‘to lay open’ which was a royal decree granting exclusive rights to a person, the precursor to the modern patent system.<\/p>\n

In day-to-day usage, the term “Patent” usually refers to the right granted to anyone who invents any patentable new, useful and non- obvious process, M\/C, article of manufacture, or composition of matter not being an admixture.<\/p>\n

Some other types of intellectual property rights are also called patents in some jurisdictions- industrial design rights are called design patents in the U.S., plant breeders rights are sometimes called plant patents.<\/p>\n

Before proceeding towards how to get patent protection in India, it is necessary to know foremost about it what can or can’t be Patented?<\/p>\n

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