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Indian Patent Office
English: Indian Patent Office, abbreviation: IPO
Website: www.ipindia.gov.in
Indian Invention Patent Search: Intellectual Property India (ipindiaservices.gov.in)
15 years
The IPO conducts formal and substantive examinations of design patent applications. The substantive examination starts automatically, and the applicant does not need to submit a separate substantive examination request.
- via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
 - via Nationalization of PCT : 31 months from earliest priority date.
 
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Filing Language: English Necessary documents:
- Pictures of the design (six-sided views), each page of which should contain a statement of novelty and, if any, a waiver of exclusive rights to the mechanical function of the design and to the trademarks, works, letters and numbers used in the design statement, duly signed and dated.
 - A Brief Description
 
Attachments (if any):
- Power of Attorney
 - small entity declaration
 - inventor statement
 - Scanned Copy of Certified Priority Document / DAS
 - English translation of the priority certificate
 - Declaration of Ownership/Certification of Employment/Assignment of priority
 - Assignment for Patent Right Transfer
 - IDS Form/IDS Document/Family Patent Information Form
 - translator statement