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Who is Eligible to Apply?

Registered Indian Micro, Small and Medium enterprises.
Enterprises engaged in the manufacture or production of goods where the investment in Plant and machinery does not exceed Rs.10.00 crore.

Or

Providing or rendering of services the scheme will be restricted to enterprises where the Investment in plant and machinery does not exceed Rs.5.00 crore.
In-house R&D Certification by DSIR

Or

Technology Incubation enterprises registered as companies with support under some Government scheme

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What is the extent of Financial Support?

Up to 50% of the total patent cost. The support will be in form of reimbursement of expenses in actual to the applicant. Support will be limited to Rs.15 lakhs or 50% of the total expenses incurred on filing each invention whichever is less.

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What kind of expenditures incurred during patent filing will be reimbursed?

All patent processing costs including Attorneys’ Fees, Patent Office filing fees, Examination Fees, Patent Search cost, Additional cost for entering National Phase up to grant/issue.
Subsequently after the grant, the cost will be borne by the industry.

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What are the criteria for acceptance of patent applications for consideration of financial?

Support?

Applicants having already filed a patent application for the said invention in India. Invention must be in the Electronics/ICT technology domain. The application must be accompanied by prior art search report from an International Search authority/ registered attorney firm or any other agency of repute.
The patent applications are to be processed through a registered patent attorney in a patent attorney firm having an experience of at least 5 years in handling international patent applications .

Documents to be provided by the company:

Application form (giving requisite information about the applicant and the invention)

Patent search report

Product brochure (if any)

Copy of registration of the applicant industry

Copy of official filing with Indian patent office or prior permission for filling internationally

Latest annual report of the company

DSIR registration certificate / proof of govt supported incubation enterprise