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
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