Patents Form 18a

“FORM 18 A 

(FOR OFFICE USE ONLY) 

THE PATENTS ACT,1970 

RQ. No.: 

and THE PATENT RULES,2003 

Filing Date: 

REQUEST FOR EXPEDITED EXAMINATION 

Amount of fee Paid: 

OF APPLICATION FOR PATENT 

CBR no: 

[See section 11B and Rule 24C] 

Signature: 

1. APPLICANT(s) 

(A)NAME: 

(B) NATIONALITY: 

(C) ADDRESS: 

2.  I/We  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------hereby  request  that  my/our 

application for patent no.------------------filed on------------------------for -------------------------------

----------------the-------------------------------------------------------------invention titled -------------------

----------------------------------------------shall be examined under sections 12 and 13 of the Act. 

or 

I/We  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------hereby  request  that  my/our 

application for patent no.------------------filed on------------------------for -------------------------------

----------------the-------------------------------------------------------------invention titled -------------------

----------------------------------------------  based  on  Patent  Cooperation  Treaty  (PCT)  application 

no__________  dated_________  made  in  country  ______  shall  be  examined  under 

sections 12 and 13 of the Act, immediately without waiting for the expiry of 31 months as 

specified in rule 20(4)(ii). 

or 

I/We hereby request that my/our request for examination bearing no.--------------for application 

for patent no.------------------filed on------------------------for -----------------------------------------------

the-------------------------------------------------------------invention titled -----------------------------------

-----------may  be  converted  to  a  request  for  expedited  examination  of  patent  application 

under rule 24C and the application shall be examined under sections 12 and 13 of the Act. 

 
 
 
3.  The  applicant(s)  to  indicate  (by  ticking  the  appropriate  box)  any  of the  grounds  applicable  in 

case of request for expedited examination made by on any of the following grounds: 

a that the applicant is a startup, or 

c  that India has been indicated as the competent International Searching Authority or elected 

as  an  International  Preliminary  Examining  Authority  in  the  corresponding  international 

application. 

ADDRESS FOR SERVICE IN INDIA: 

__________________________________________________ 

_____________________________________________________ 

 Dated this day of  20 

Signature 

 Name of the signatory 

To 

The Controller of Patent 

The Patent Office, at __________ 

 NOTE: 

To be signed by the  applicant(s) or by his/ their authorized registered patent agent 

"Strike out the column(s)  which  i s/   are  not applicable.”; 

 For fee: See First Schedule.”;