NITTO DENKO v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS. The Patents Act, 1970 and especially Rule 24B(3) of the Patent Rules, 2003 provides the First Examination report is to be issued ordinarily within six months from the date of the request for examination or six months from the date of publication, whichever is later. However, with the trend that has been established which seems to be based on quite a liberal interpretation of this rule with the Indian Patent Office currently taking around seven to eight![]()
