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NOVELTY ON PATENTS

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WHAT IS NOVELTY ?

• NOVELTY is defined as a new thing implemented

in an already existing subject (PRIOR ART).

• Novelty is a part of a legal test to determine whether

an invention is patentable.



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PURPOSE OF NOVELTY

• The purpose of the novelty in a patent is to prevent the prior art i.e. existing invention, from being patented again.



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WHAT IS NOVELTY ? Contd..

NOVELTY of the invention can be found based on two

aspects such as TECHNICAL ASPECTS LEGAL ASPECTS



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STEPS FOR FINDING NOVELTY

• STEPS FOR FINDING NOVELTY

– Check whether the invention falls under the category of inventions mentioned in SECTION 3 of PATENT ACT 1970

– If the invention falls under the category mentioned in the SECTION 3, the invention is not patentable

– If the invention does not fall under the category mentioned in SECTION 3, novelty of the invention should be checked based on technical aspect and legal aspects



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STEPS FOR FINDING NOVELTY Contd..

TECHNICAL ASPECTS (PRIOR ART SEARCH

PROCESS)

– Analyze the invention and find the novel keywords in the invention

– Search in patent databases using the found novel keywords to find whether any prior art exists similar to the invention

– Notify the inventor if there is any prior art related to the invention

– Modifying invention to make the invention novel for making the invention to be patentable



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LEGAL ASPECTS

– Check whether the invention has been anticipated or disclosed through any publication or used anywhere in the world before filing of a patent application in respect of the invention based on the SECTIONS 29-34 of PATENT ACT 1970

SECTION 29:Anticipation by previous publication

SECTION 30: Anticipation by previous communication to Government

SECTION 31: Anticipation by public display

SECTION 32: Anticipation by public working

SECTION 33: Anticipation by use and publication after provisional Specification

SECTION 34: No anticipation if circumstances are only as described in sections 29, 30, 31 and 32



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By the way of above exceptions, an opportunity is

provided to the legitimate inventors or applicants to

secure the patent rights despite of making the

invention public or use of the same publicly under

certain circumstances. Based on the above, it can be

concluded that the Indian Patent Act, being at par

with the laws of the other developed countries,

provides for exception to the anticipation under

certain circumstances.



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PRIOR ART SEARCH PROCESS

PRIOR ART SEARCH PROCESS is conducted using a keyword search in large patent databases, scientific papers and publications. The term “art” refers to relevant technical field.

Patent of the invention is not valid if the invention is described in the prior art.

Novelty of the invention is not guaranteeable even once the patent has been granted as some obscure little known publication have already disclosed the claimed invention.



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PRIOR ART SEARCH DATABASES

Some of the prior art search databases are listed

below:

– Google patents (https://www.google.com/?tbm=pts&gws_rd=ssl)

– Espacenet (http://worldwide.espacenet.com/advancedSearch?locale=en_EP )

– USPTO

• Granted (http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html )



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PRIOR ART SEARCH DATABASES Contd….

• Published (http://appft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html )

– WIPO (http://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/search.jsf )

– Japanese Patent office (http://www19.ipdl.inpit.go.jp/PA1/cgi-bin/PA1INIT?1406014854764)

– Indian Patent office (http://ipindiaonline.gov.in/patentsearch/search/index.aspx )



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• SIP (http://www.patentfamily.de/10_recherche/search_lite.aspx?lang=en)

• Chinese patent office (http://english.sipo.gov.cn/)



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• The above screen shots explain about the search process of prior art patents in Espacenet database.

• Patents containing the entered keywords are listed out in the screen shot.

• Analysis of listed out patents is required to find the existence of any prior art with respect to our invention.



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NON-PATENTABLE INVENTIONS

Inventions which cannot be granted patent under

section 3 and section 4 of Indian Patent act, 1970 are

called Non-patentable inventions.

SECTION 3

a. An invention, that is frivolous or that claims anything obviously contrary to well established natural laws.

b. An invention, the primary or intended use of which would be contrary to law or morality or injurious to public health.

c. The mere discovery of a scientific principle or the formulation of an abstract theory or discovery of any living thing or discovery of non–living substance occurring in nature.



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NON-PATENTABLE INVENTIONS Contd….

d. The mere discovery of any new property or new use for a known substance or of the mere use of a known process, machine or apparatus unless such known process results in a new product or employs at least one new reactant.

e. A substance obtained by a mere admixture resulting only in the aggregation of the properties of the components thereof or a process for producing such substance.



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f. The mere arrangement or rearrangement or duplication of known devices, each functioning independently of one another in a known way.

g. A method of agriculture or horticulture.

h. Any process for the medicinal, surgical, curative, prophylactic diagnostic, therapeutic or other treatment of human beings or any process for a similar treatment of animals to render them free of disease or to increase their economic value or that of their products.



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j. Plants and animals in whole or any part thereof other than micro organisms but including seeds, varieties and species and essentially biological processes for production or propagation of plants and animals.

k. A mathematical or business method or a computer program per se or algorithms.

l. A literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work or any other aesthetic creation whatsoever including cinematographic works and television productions.



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m. A mere scheme or rule or method of performing mental act or method of playing game.

n. A presentation of information.

o. Topography of integrated circuits.

p. An invention which in effect, is traditional knowledge or which is an aggregation or duplication of known properties of traditionally known component or components.

SECTION 4

– Inventions relating to atomic energy not patentable.



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TYPES OF NOVELTY

NOVELTY may be Introduction of new component in a device,

apparatus, machine or unit Introduction of a new step in a process Introduction of a new composition Introduction of a new formulation Introduction of a new software



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EXAMPLES

EP2698068 A1 discloses a new method for making

fast cooking rice. Process steps are given below:

A method for making fast cooking rice and/or

another fast cooking cereal grain comprising the

following consecutive steps:

a) a first step of preparing rice and/or other cereal grain with a moisture content of 10 to 40%, characterized by adding water to said rice and/or other cereal grain, and hydrating said rice and/or said other cereal grain at a temperature between 60-95 °C, until the moisture content of 10 to 40% is reached; and



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EXAMPLES

• b) a second step characterized by drying the pre-moistured rice and/or a rice product at temperatures between 60 and 95 °C at a aw

between 0.4 and 0.8 to a residual moisture below 14% , and

• c) a cooling step to cool the treated rice and/or the rice product to room temperature or below.

NOVELTY

Introduction of alternating moistening and

drying steps. The cooking time of rice is reduced

by the novel feature.



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