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DESCRIPTION:Prof. S. Lakshmi Narayana\, Chair\, IEEE Vizag Bay Section expl
 ained the essential forms required for patent filing in India in a structu
 red manner\, highlighting both mandatory and optional requirements governe
 d by the Indian Patent Office. He emphasized that core forms such as Form 
 1 (Application for Patent)\, Form 2 (Provisional/Complete Specification)\,
  Form 3 (Statement and Undertaking)\, Form 5 (Declaration of Inventorship)
 \, and Form 18 (Request for Examination) are critical to initiate and proc
 ess a patent application. Additionally\, he discussed optional but strateg
 ically important forms like Form 9 for early publication\, Form 18A for ex
 pedited examination\, Form 26 for patent agent authorization\, and Form 28
  for startups and small entities\, noting how their proper use can signifi
 cantly speed up the patent process and provide benefits to applicants.\n\n
 Speaker(s): Prof. S. Lakshmi Narayana\n\nAgenda: \n7:00 PM – Welcome Add
 ress:\nDr. P. Sivakumar\, Secretary\, IEEE Vizag Bay Section\, formally we
 lcomed the gathering and introduced the speaker\, Prof. S. Lakshmi Narayan
 a.\n\n7:05 PM – Technical Session:\nThe resource person\, Prof. S. Laksh
 mi Narayana\, commenced the session on Strategic Approach to Drafting and 
 Publishing Patent Applications.\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org
 /m/557491
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/557491
ORGANIZER:sivakumarperumal@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:45
SUMMARY:A webinar on Strategic Approach to Drafting and Publishing Patent A
 pplications
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/557491
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 that core forms such as Form 1 (Application for Patent)\, Form 2 (Provisio
 nal/Complete Specification)\, Form 3 (Statement and Undertaking)\, Form 5 
 (Declaration of Inventorship)\, and Form 18 (Request for Examination) are 
 critical to initiate and process a patent application. Additionally\, he d
 iscussed optional but strategically important forms like Form 9 for early 
 publication\, Form 18A for expedited examination\, Form 26 for patent agen
 t authorization\, and Form 28 for startups and small entities\, noting how
  their proper use can significantly speed up the patent process and provid
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