In India Patent is often considered as high profile activity contrary to its reality. It is often perceived that Patent is only for researchers and scientists, this is not true always. Innovative spirit is even found even in an illiterate person, who is trained by his own experience.

We should realize that the innovative spirit and creativity should be protected in every person.  The person inventing any invention should be able to exploit it commercially. protect advances made in a technical field. Patent is granted when the invention is found to be new, novel, contain an inventive step, and capable of industrial application.

• New:The creation should not exist in the prior state of the art relating to the specific field.
• Novelty:The invention should not have been publicly disclosed, before the date of filing a patent application, somewhere in the world.
• Inventive Step:It means that the invention must not be obvious or can be anticipated by a person skilled in that specific prior art.
• Industrial use:It is a criterion in which the invention should be such that it is used in any industry, not applicable across the board and has to be completed prior to the grant of a patent.

A patent for an invention is granted by the government to the applicant, and gives him the right for a limited period to stop others from making, using or selling the invention without permission. In return for this right, the applicant discloses the details of his invention in sufficient detail so as to enable a person skilled in prior art to perform the invention. When a patent is granted, the applicant becomes the owner of the patent. Like any other form of property, a patent can be bought, sold, licensed or mortgaged. Patents are territorial rights, so an Indian patent will only give the owner rights within India and rights to stop others from importing products into Indian area.