Office of the Patent Information System
 

Objectives

Government of India, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion established Patent Information System (PIS), in the year 1980 with the following objectives.

a.    To obtain and maintain a comprehensive collection of patent specification and patent related literature on a world wide basis to meet the needs for technological information, of various users in R&D establishments, Government Organisations, Private Industries, Business, Investors and other users.

b.    To provide technological information contained in patents or patent related literature through publication services, search services and patent copy supply service; and

c. To meet statutory obligation regarding novelty search under the patent Act, 1970 and amended in 1999.

Intellectual Property Training Institute at Patent Information System, Nagpur

Intellectual Property Training Institute has been established in PIS, Nagpur under the  modernization project of  Patent Offices in India.

Main Coordinator
Dr. W.M. Dhumane
Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs
Mobile - 09969488989

Local Coordinator
Smt. C.S. Satpute
Senior Documentation Officer
Tel- EPBX: 0712-2510088
Direct : 0712-2511380
Fax: 0712-25120404
 

Structure Presently the office is headed by Shri R.S. Rathor, Senior Documentation Officer (SDO)
(Tel. 0712-2510535, Fax: 0712-25120404). For all matters relating to PIS, Head of Office may be contacted at the following address:

Computer in-charge : Shri. V.L. Ramanathan, Senior Programmer
Documentation in-charge : Shri R.S. Rathor, Junior Documentation Officer
Reprography in-charge : Shri. C.V.N. Girish, Reprography Officer

Patent Information System
CGO Complex, Block 'C, 3rd Floor, Seminary Hills,
Nagpur - 400006, (India)
Phone No. 91-0712-510670/511380/510088/511241
Fax No.     91-0712-510186
E-mail      
pisnag@mah.nic.in : pisnagpur@satyam.net.in
 

Functions The PIS caters to user needs on the basis of patent documentation and computerised system for retrieval and dissemination of patent information. The system has been modelled in response to the user requirements ascertained from results of the user survey conducted by PIS.

Information of Patent Documentation at PIS

Full text of patent Documentation available in-house

Name of the Country Country Code Name of Information Carrier Range
United States of America US Microfilm
CD-ROM
1951-1992  1993 onwards
United Kingdom GB Microfilm
CD-ROM
1951-1992  1979 onwards
European Patent Office (16 European Countries as members) EP Microfilm
CD-ROM
1978-1984  1985 onwards
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) WO CD-ROM 1978 onwards
Australia AU Microfiche
CD-ROM
1975 onwards
India IN Paper 1912 onwards
Japan JP CD-ROM   1994 onwards
Search Tools Name of the Search Tool Nature of Carrier Contents Range
EPIDOS-INPADOC Microfiche Bibliographic data including title of patents from more than 80 countries 1968-1998
ESPACE/ACCESS CD-ROM Bibliographic data and abstracts of EPO patents and PCT applications for patents 1978 onwards
CASSIS-BIB CD-ROM Bibliographic data of US patents 1969 onwards
GLOBAL PAT CD-ROM Bibliographic data and abstract of CH,DE,EP, FR, GB,WO, US patents 1971 onwards
US-CAPS/APS CD-ROM Bibliographic data and abstracts of US patents 1975 onwards
Patent abstracts of Japan CD-ROM Bibliographic data and abstract of Japanese patents 1976 onwards
Gazette of India part III section (2) Paper Notifications issued by the patent office regarding Indian patents 1963 onwards

 

Patent Information Services of PIS
The PIS offers patent information services on payment of appropriate charges including postal charges for services provided by post. The payment may be made against a proforma invoice. Alternately the user may open an account with PIS   under the subscribe advance payment (SAP) scheme of PIS.

SAP Scheme || Search Services || Patent Copy Supply Service

Subscriber Advance Payment Scheme (SAP) of PIS
In order to provide Patent Information Service to any interested person/organisation, PIS operates subscriber advance payment scheme. Under this scheme, users interested in availing regular service by way of procurement of Patent Information, may remit an amount of not less than Rs. 1,000/- or in multiples thereof and open an account in their names. On receipt of this payment, the user will be allotted a subscriber account number by office of the Patent Information System (PIS) Nagpur.

The amount towards the cost of services rendered by PIS will be adjusted against the advance payment made by the subscriber against his/her account number.

The service will be rendered by PIS, on receipt of written request from the subscriber either by letter, telefax or e-mail (paper copy in confirmation of e-mail duly signed is required). On providing the service, PIS will intimate to the subscriber, the cost of service rendered and the balance available in his/her account. If, at any time, the balance amount in the account of the subscriber falls short of Rs. 200/-, the subscriber will be informed of the same with a request to remit further amount immediately. The subscriber on receipt of such intimation has to remit the amount which shall not be less than Rs. 1,000/- at any time. If at any time the subscriber wants to deposit further amount in their account, such payment also should not be less than Rs. 1,000/-.

At the end of each financial year i.e. after 31st march of each year, PIS will issue a statement of account containing details of the amount received, cost of service rendered and the balance available subscriber will scrutinise the account and return a copy of the statement duly certifying the correctness of the account.

No special form is needed to open the above mentioned account. A request on plain paper clearly specifying that the user wishes to open an account under Subscriber Advance Payment Scheme alongwith payment as mentioned above is all that is needed.

All payments may be made in favour of the Office of the Patent Information System, Nagpur, by way of Money Order, or Demand Draft drawn on a scheduled Bank at Nagpur.

Information on Patent Search Services
Patent Search Services The search service may be availed by sending the search request in the standard format for search request.
List of Services
  • State of Art Search
  • Bibliographic Search
  • English Equivalent Patent Search
  • Equivalent Family Patent Search
  • Assisted Search
  • Standard form for sending search request
State of Art Search
    • Provides overview of the State of Art
    • Provides bibliographic data and abstracts of patent documents retrieved
    • One or more suitable search terms including keyword, inventor name, Applicant name, Classification symbols are used
    • Country coverage is restricted to EP, GB, US, PCT, AU, IN, CH,DE,FR,JP
    • Charges : Rs. 1000+Rs. 20 per abstract of patent reported

Bibliographic Search

    • Provides bibliographic data on patent documents retrieved for the period 1978-1998
    • One or more suitable search terms including Inventor name, applicant name, classification symbols are used
    • Country coverage extends to more than 80 countries reporting data to EPIDOS-INPADOC data base
    • Charges: Rs. 500+Rs. 5 /- per document reported

English Equivalent patent Search

    • English language equivalent patent for patents in Non-English language are located
    • The country coverage extends to more than 80 countries reporting data to EPIDOS-INPADOC data base
    • Charges: Rs. 50 /- for locating one English language equivalent patent

Equivalent Family Patent Search

    • Bibliographic details of the family member of  a patent are reported
    • The country coverage extends to more than 80 countries reporting data to EPIDOS-INPADOC data base
    • Charges: Rs. 50/- per family member

Assisted Search

    • users will be allowed to use CD-ROM and Microfilm/fiche data of PIS, nagpur to conduct search
    • General assistance in performing the search will be provided
    • Charges ; Rs. 250/- per hour of the facilities used

      Patent Copy Supply Service
      Indian Patents 

    • Printed copy of Indian Patent
    •         Charges Rs. 30/- per patent 

    • Xerox copy of Indian Patent

                            Charges: Rs. 30 + 10 per page 

  • Foreign Patents

Copy of Foreign Patent available-in-house

Charge Rs. 300/- per Patent

Foreign Patents not available in-house are procured from WIPO

Charges Rs. 30/- per Patent

  • Copy of Abstract/Claim

Copy of abstract/main claim of Patent

Charges Rs. 25/- per abstract/main claim