For a patent to be granted, a patent search is necessary to ensure that the invention is new and inventive. Conducting a “prior art search” is a crucial step before filing an application: if your invention was already disclosed in any pre-existing patent or patent application, it is not new and therefore not patentable.
Find more about how you can perform this exercise in India in a correct manner.
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- 6 December 2022