The know-how and technological details of the patents, which has already been expired or lapsed validity in the country, is being opened up for the small and medium enterprises to utilise them for their business growth.
The patent office India is offering the details of the expired patents through its website, free of cost. The knowledge of the expired patent, which becomes a public property, could be used by the small and medium level enterprises to develop new products. However, they cannot re-patent it.
Patent Office is planning to have all banks under its comprehensive payment gateway soon:
In order to improve the efficiency of patent filing mechanism, the Patent Office is planning to have all banks under its comprehensive payment gateway from second week of September, which would be helpful for its applicants to pay online.
Source: http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/patent-office-opens-up-data-of-expired-patents-114090501082_1.html
