Intellectual Property Is Academic Currency
Patents and copyrights are no longer just for industry. Under modern academic evaluation frameworks — university rankings, NIRF, NAAC and faculty career advancement norms — granted patents and registered copyrights carry substantial weight, sometimes comparable to indexed publications. If your doctoral work produced a novel process, device, formulation or method, or if you developed an original questionnaire, measurement scale, software tool, or teaching material, that output can and should be formally protected in your name.
The obstacle is procedure. Indian patent filing involves prior-art searching, precise claim drafting, statutory forms and staged deadlines — mistakes at the drafting stage can permanently narrow or void your protection. Our IP team works alongside registered patent professionals to take you from "I think this might be patentable" to a correctly drafted, correctly filed application, and handles copyright registration for the full range of academic works.
What's Included
Patent Assistance
- Invention disclosure session — we help you articulate what is genuinely novel
- Prior-art / patentability search with a written opinion before you spend on filing
- Complete specification drafting (provisional or complete) with claims, drawings and abstract
- Filing with the Indian Patent Office and all statutory forms
- Guidance on publication, examination requests and responding to examination reports
- University collaboration support where your institution is co-applicant
Copyright Registration
- Registration of theses, books, questionnaires and psychological scales, software code, course materials and artistic works
- Preparation of the work copy, application and declarations
- Filing with the Copyright Office and objection handling until the registration certificate is issued
Our Process
- Free IP consultation: we identify what in your research is protectable, and by which instrument — patent, copyright, or both.
- Search and opinion: for patents, a prior-art search tells you the realistic prospects before major costs.
- Drafting: specifications or applications drafted and reviewed with you.
- Filing: submission to the appropriate office with government fees handled transparently.
- Prosecution support: we stay engaged through objections and examination until grant or registration.
How Long Will It Take?
Drafting and filing schedules are agreed with you during the free consultation, based on the complexity of your invention or work. Once filed, you receive an application number that can be cited on your CV right away. The government offices then follow their own statutory timelines for examination and registration — we set out the realistic roadmap for your specific case in your first consultation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is my research actually patentable?
It depends on novelty, inventive step and industrial applicability — and Indian law excludes certain categories (abstract theories, mathematical methods, software "as such"). This is exactly what the free consultation and prior-art search determine. If your work isn't patentable, we tell you plainly and suggest copyright or publication routes instead.
Can I copyright the questionnaire or scale I developed for my thesis?
Yes — original research instruments, scales and test batteries are among the most common academic copyright registrations. Registration establishes your authorship publicly, which matters when other researchers want to use (and cite) your instrument.
Should I file the patent before or after publishing my paper?
Before — always. Publishing your invention first destroys its novelty and usually makes patenting impossible (India's 12-month grace provisions are narrow). If you have both goals, we file at least a provisional application first and then sequence the publication safely.