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Sunday, February 03, 2013

Apply to a Patent Online (India)

Indian IP Database


Indian Trademark Office website www.ipindia.nic.in provides online Trademark search

Important instruction:
  • Follow the instructions on the patent site carefully.
  • It works in IE, as digital signature addition does not work in Chrome / Firefox.
  • digital signature certificate is needed ()
    • Class 1: These certificates do not hold any legal validity as the validation process is based only on a valid e-mail ID and involves no direct verification.
    • Class 2: Here, the identity of a person is verified against a trusted, pre-verified database.
    • Class 3: This is the highest level where the person needs to present himself or herself in front of a Registration Authority (RA) and prove his/ her identity.
Class 2 Digital Signature Certificates for Income Tax Return e-filing, ROC / MCA 21 & Class 3 (a for Individual / b for Organization) Digital Signature Certificates for e-Tendering / e-Procurement / e-Bidding / e-Ticketing / e-Auction / e-Bidding