Patent filing in India,drafted by specialists,owned by you.

There are two parts. The government fee is statutory: for a natural person, startup, small entity or educational institution it starts at ₹1,600 for an application within 30 pages and 10 claims, and for other applicants at ₹8,000, with additions for extra claims, extra pages, examination and renewals — our fee calculator itemises all of it for your situation. The professional fee for searching, drafting and prosecution depends on the invention's complexity and is quoted to you after a consultation, itemised stage by stage.

File provisional when the invention is still evolving and you need the earliest possible priority date — you then have twelve months to file the complete specification. File complete directly when the invention is finished and you want examination to begin sooner. The wrong choice either burns your priority date on an underdeveloped disclosure or delays protection; it is exactly the decision a specialist should help you make before anything is filed.

Yes — the law allows an applicant to file and prosecute their own application. The risk is not in the forms; it is in the claims. A specification drafted without claim-drafting experience is routinely too narrow to stop competitors or too broad to survive examination, and defects in the original disclosure generally cannot be repaired later. If you do explore self-filing, our free tools will still give you the fee schedule and document list honestly.

It varies — with the technology field, the examination route, the Patent Office's workload and how objections are handled — so any firm quoting a fixed number is guessing. What you control is the route: requesting examination early, using expedited examination where you qualify, and answering examination reports promptly all shorten the path. Your MYCrave specialist gives you a current, honest estimate for your specific case at the start.

In India your invention must be new, involve an inventive step, be industrially applicable — and not fall into the categories excluded by Section 3 of the Patents Act, which covers things like mathematical methods, business methods as such, and computer programs per se. Two minutes with our patentability self-screener will show you which of these is most likely to be raised against your idea, and a professional search then settles the novelty question properly.

Often, but not always. Public disclosure before filing usually destroys novelty, which is why we urge inventors to file at least a provisional application first. Indian law has narrow grace provisions for specific situations — such as display at certain notified exhibitions — so if you have disclosed, speak to a specialist quickly rather than assuming the door is closed.

Government fees are set by the Patents Rules and paid to the Patent Office — they are the same whichever firm files for you, and our calculator shows them to you exactly. Professional fees are what you pay the firm for searching, drafting, filing and argument. A trustworthy quote always separates the two; treat any bundled 'all-inclusive' patent price with care.

Yes. Recognised startups, small entities and educational institutions pay the same reduced government fee schedule as natural persons — roughly one-fifth of the standard rate at most stages. The category has to be claimed correctly with supporting documents (Form 28 and the relevant registration), which is part of what we handle in every filing.

The patent must be kept alive: renewal fees fall due from the third year onward, and a statement of working must be filed periodically. Miss a renewal and the patent lapses — restoration is possible only in a limited window and is never guaranteed. We calendar all of it for every client, and if you want the patent to earn, IP BANK India — MYCrave's commercialisation arm — handles valuation and licensing.

No — patent rights are territorial. An Indian grant protects you in India only. To protect the invention abroad you file internationally, most commonly through the PCT route within twelve months of your Indian priority date. We manage both directions: taking Indian inventions abroad and bringing international applications into their Indian national phase.