Patent Status Check Service

What does the various application status mean?

You might find the following various application status listed below:

• Application Does Not Exist/ not yet published: It takes 18 months to get your application published. Hence you can expect this status for 18 months before your patent application is published at the designated legal site.
• Application Published: After 18 months, the application gets published automatically by the IPO for public inspection in an official journal. It happens only if the application is complete and successful
• Application Awaiting Exam: This status indicates that the applicant has filed the ‘Request for Examination’ and the application is waiting for the exam.
• Application Examined (FER issued): The controller issue a First Examination Report, that is required to be submitted within 6 months from the date of FER. Failing to meet the deadline leads the application to be abandoned.
• Application in Amended Stage: If you have submitted the amendment in your application, This status will show up after submitting the response to the FER or hearing.
• Abandoned u/s 9(1): This abandoned status represents that the application has failed to proceed due to non-filing of the complete specification of the patent within 12 months of its given time.
• Abandoned u/s 21(1): If the applicant does not process the application for a grant within 6 months of the issuance of FER, it gets abandoned.
• Application Refused u/s 15: The controller can refuse the application if it does not satisfy the requirement of the Indian Patent Act.
• Application Withdrawn U/R 26: This status shows when an applicant withdraws the application voluntarily. A request to withdraw the application under sub-sec (4) of Sec 11B has to be made in Form 29