New number system of Indian Patent Applications
Indian Patent office in an Order Dated: 31/12/2015, has streamlined numbering system of Patent applications and also request for examination filed. This numbering system will be implemented from 1st Jan 2016.
According to the new numbering system the patent applications shall have 12 characters length with format YYYYJTNNNNNN, where
YYYY denotes year of filing,
J denotes jurisdiction (1: Delhi 2: Mumbai 3: Kokalta 4: Chennai)
T denotes Type of Application: example 1: ordinary
NNNNNN denotes continues running serial number applicable across all four patent offices.
For other details and order click New Numbering of Indian Patents
Source: IPindia, Indian Patent office.
