Patent application fees enhanced in Patent Rules 2014; concessions provided to MSMEs

摘要

Indian Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2014 made effective from February-28 has provided concessions to MSMEs in various categories of Patent Application Fees. However, the new rates of fees for MSMEs are more than two and half times the fees to be paid by 'individual' applicants under the various categories. A special category of applicants for patent has been introduced in the form of "small entity" which means a micro, small or medium enterprise as per the MSME Development Act, 2006.