Patents are a key component of intellectual property and vital to the process of innovation. They serve multiple uses. One is to reward inventors and motivate them to create inventing for the betterment of society, inculcating a culture of innovation. Another is to protect inventors from getting their ideas stolen and profited from by unscrupulous people.

In this book we introduce the laws related to patents and Intellectual property in India. We discuss the patent filing process in India, and other aspects of filing and persecution of patents. We also discuss the steps that are to be taken for ideation, and how to make a better patent, from the point of view of patent inventors.