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      1 Manual of Patent Office Practice and Procedure -2019 (In supersession of earlier manual) PDF(619 KB) (opens in a new window)
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      3 First stake holders' meeting held successfully in Delhi PDF(47 KB) (opens in a new window)
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      19 Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited, Gurgaon PDF(889 KB) (opens in a new window)
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      21 Japan Intellectual Property Association (JIPA), Tokyo PDF(250 KB) (opens in a new window)
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      25 INTERPAT Secretariat United Kingdom PDF(846 KB) (opens in a new window)
      26 Indian Pharmaceuticals Alliance, Mumbai PDF(843 KB) (opens in a new window)
      27 Indian Drugs Manufacturing Associations, Mumbai PDF(300 KB) (opens in a new window)
      28 Manual of Patent Office Practice and Procedure PDF(720 KB) (opens in a new window)
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