Profit on paper, loss in reality: How a routine accounting tool is used to deceive and take investors for a rideAmortisation is a number most investors skip, but it can shape reported profit. On the surface, it looks routine: A company spreads the cos...
15 May, 2026, 06.58 PM IST
88% ‘hard-to-recycle’ plastic: PolyCycl’s bet on turning waste into valueIndia's plastic waste problem is being tackled by PolyCycl's innovative chemical recycling. The technology transforms difficult-to-recycle ...
01 May, 2026, 10.58 AM IST
How King Gillette Turned a Simple Idea Into a Shaving RevolutionKing C. Gillette transformed shaving by introducing the disposable blade safety razor. This innovation solved a daily annoyance for men. It...
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Novartis case: Delhi HC pulls up patent office over decade-long delay in breast cancer drug approvalThe Delhi High Court has stepped in with a firm hand, criticizing the patent office for its sluggish response to Novartis AG's 2011 patent ...
18 Mar, 2026, 12.57 AM IST
India granted over 1 lakh patents in FY24: OfficialIndia granted 1.03 lakh patents in FY 2023-24 with a focus on economic value and strengthening the IP position. The IP office ensures no de...
25 Apr, 2024, 05.15 PM IST
Need to improve India's patent capacityThe number of patent applications in India has risen, with a significant increase in the share of domestic applications, according to data ...
01 May, 2023, 11.13 PM IST
Manpower shortage, cumbersome compliance requirements affecting Indian patent ecosystem: EAC-PM paperThe average time taken for disposing of a patent application in China and US is 20- 21 months -- almost one-third of the time taken in Indi...
20 Aug, 2022, 10.29 AM IST
Govt cuts patent fee for educational institutions by 80%The government said that educational institutions engage in many research activities, where professors/teachers and students generate sever...
23 Sep, 2021, 07.53 PM IST
Patent fees for all educational institutions reduced by 80%The commerce and industry ministry said these institutions engage in many research activities, where professors/teachers and students gener...
23 Sep, 2021, 02.48 PM IST
IPR policy reduces pendency of intellectual property applications: DIPP SecyCiting an example, he said, India has granted patent in just 113 days from the date of filing of the request for examination.
26 Sep, 2018, 05.45 PM IST
Pendency of patent applications down to 1.72 lakhThe ministry has taken multi-pronged approach to increase disposal of patent applications, Minister of State of Commerce and Industry C R C...
02 Apr, 2018, 02.28 PM IST
Working to cut patent examination time to 18 months: Nirmala SitharamanThe ministry is continuously working on simplification of rules and reducing the patent examination time, Commerce and Industry Minister Ni...
27 Apr, 2017, 10.47 PM IST
1.58 lakh patent applications pending for examination: GovernmentAs many as 1.58 lakh patent applications are pending for examination before the government due to manpower shortage, Parliament was informe...
20 Aug, 2013, 05.13 PM IST
Pfizer gets relief in patent revocation case for anti-cancer drug 'Sutent'In a relief to pharma major Pfizer, the Intellectual Property Appellate Board here has set aside the revocation of the patent of the compan...
04 Jun, 2013, 10.20 PM IST
- Over 1 lakh requests pending with patent offices
Patent is a statutory right for an invention granted for a limited period of time to the patentee by the government, in exchange of full di...
04 Dec, 2012, 05.03 PM IST
- Patent pleas to be processed faster
The government on Thursday ushered in a shorter time-frame for processing of patent applications.
12 May, 2006, 12.31 AM IST
- Govt to set up body to tackle patent issues
The government is setting up an intellectual property appellate board to tackle complexities of patent applications. Also, the number of pa...
16 Jul, 2003, 04.26 AM IST