Patent Information System

Office of the Patent Information System , Nagpur

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.

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 Organizations, Industries, Business, Inventors and other users.
To provide technological information contained in patents through, search services and patent copy supply service;

Functions: The PIS caters to user needs on the basis of patent documentation and computerized system for retrieval and dissemination of patent information.

Information of Patent Documentation at PIS

Patent Search Tools Available at PIS, Nagpur

Name of the Search Tool	Nature of Carrier	Contents	Range
ESPACE/ACCESS	CD-ROM	Bibliographic data and abstracts of EPO patents and Bibliographic data of PCT applications	1978 onwards
Patents Abstracts of Japan (PAJ)	CD-ROM	Bibliographic data and abstracts of Japanese patents	1976 onwards
MICROPATENT	DATABASE	Bibliographic data and abstracts of DE, EP, FR, GB, JP, US, WO/PCT	1971 onwards
EPC	CD-ROM	Bibliographic data from 29 member states of the EPO	2005 onwards
INPADOC	MICROFICHE	Bibliographic data including title of patents from more than 70 countries	1968 to Aug 1998
EPIDOS	CD-ROM (NDB /PFS PCS)	Bibliographic data including title of patents from more than 70 countries	1998 to 2005
GLOBALPATH	CD-ROM	Bibliographic data and abstracts of CH, DE, FR, EP, GB, US and WO patents	1971 to 1998
US-CAPS/APS	CD-ROM	Bibliographic data and abstracts of US patents	1975 to 2004
Gazette of India Part III Sec.(2)	PAPER	Notifications issued by the Patent Office regarding Indian patents	1963 to Dec 2004
ESPACE-ACCESS Europe	CD-ROM	Bibliographic data relating to patent application from BE, CH, LU, NL, UK, PT	1990 to Dec 2004

Patent Documentation (Full Text)

Name of the Country	Country Code	Nature of Information Carrier	Range
United States of America	US	CD-ROM	1836 onwards
United Kingdom	GB	CD-ROM	1979 onwards
European Patent Office	EP	CD-ROM	1985 onwards
WIPO-Patent Co-operation Treaty (PCT)	WO	CD-ROM	1978 onwards
Australia	AU	Microfiche	1975 onwards
India	IN	Paper	1912 onwards
Japan (Unexamined)	JP	CD-ROM	1994 onwards (in Japanese Language)

Patent Information Services

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 Rupee1,000/- 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 Rupee200/-, 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 Rupee1,000/- 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 Rupee1,000/-.

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 scrutinize 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 Patent Information System, Nagpur, by way of Money Order, or Demand Draft drawn on a scheduled Bank at Nagpur

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.
Charges : Rupee2000 + Rupee20/- per abstract of patent reported

Bibliographic Search

Provides bibliographic data on patent documents retrieved
One or more suitable search terms including Inventor name, applicant name, classification symbols are used
Charges: Rupee500 + Rupee5/- per document reported

English Equivalent Patent Search

English language equivalent patent for patents in Non-English language are located
Charges: Rupee50/- for locating one English language equivalent patent

Patent Family Search

Bibliographic details of the family member of a patent are reported
Charges: Rupee50/- per family member

Assisted Search

users will be allowed to use databases, CD-ROM, Journal etc. subscribed by PIS nagpur to conduct search
General assistance in performing the search will be provided
Charges ; Rupee250/- per hour

Preliminary Technical Consultancy (for Individuals , R&D organizations , Institutes & Industries )

Provides assessment of requirement of particular organization to solve their specific problem related to IPR & decide upon the IPR strategy to be adopted
Charges : -500 /-

Services offered	Charges
State of Art Search	Rupee2000 + Rupee20 per abstract of patent reported
Bibliographic Search	Rupee500 + Rupee5/- per document reported
English Equivalent patent Search	Rupee50/- for locating one English language equivalent patent
Equivalent Family Patent Search	Rupee50/- per family member
Assisted Search	Rupee250/- per hour of the facilities used
Patent Copy Supply Service (Indian Patents)	Xerox copy of Indian Patent Rupee30 + 4 per page
Patent Copy Supply Service (Foreign Patents)	Copy of Foreign Patent available-in-house Rupee300/- per Patent Foreign Patents not available in-house are procured from WIPO Rupee30/- per Patent
Copy of Abstract/Claim	Copy of abstract/main claim of Patent Rupee25/- per abstract/main claim

Contact persons

Smt. C. D. Satpute
Senior Documentation Officer & Head of Office

Phone: 0712- 2511380 / 2510088
Fax: 0712 – 2512040 / 2510186
Shri R. S. Rathor
Documentation In-charge & Senior Documentation Officer

Phone: 0712- 2510088 / 2511241
Fax: 0712 – 2512040 / 2510186
Shri C.V.N. Girish
Administrative officer / DDO & Reprography Officer

Phone: 0712 – 2511241 / 2510088
Fax: 0712 – 2512040 / 2510186

The Patent Information System

Government of India
Ministry of commerce and Industries
CGO Complex, Block 'C, 3rd Floor, Seminary Hills,
Nagpur - 400006, Maharashtra, India
Phone: 91 - 0712 - 2510088 / 2511380 / 2511241 / 2510535
Fax: 91-0712 - 2512040 / 2510186
Email: niipm.ipo@nic.in, ipti-mh@nic.in