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To enjoy the exclusive rights over the invention one should go for a patent. If an inventor does not get the patent rights over his/her invention and introduces his/her product/process based on his/her invention in the market, anybody can copy his/her invention and exploit it commercially. In order to gain exclusivity and therefore profit from his/her invention a patent is required.

To be awarded a patent, you need to file an application. The application must include a description of the invention, including the best mode for practicing the invention and at least one claim. It must contain a drawing of the invention if a drawing would help in understanding the invention. After a patent application is filed, a patent examiner examines it.

A patent can expire in the following ways: The patent has lived its full term i.e. the term specified by the patent act of the country. Generally it is 20 years from the date of filing. The patentee has failed to pay the renewal fee. A patent once granted by the government has to be maintained by paying annual renewal fee. The validity of the patent has been successfully challenged by an opponent by filing an opposition either with the patent office or with the courts.

As a firm that aims to support the client in strategizing their R&D activities we provide solutions that are knowledge centric. We understand the risks and opportunities that are thrown open by change. In this continuous process of mitigation Novel Patent Services has access to many prominent patent and non-patent databases such as Micro patent, Delphion, Aureka, Thompson Innovation, STN, Pubmed, IEEE, REGISTRY, CAPlus, DGene, Springer Link, Elsevier, High Wire Press, etc.