Patent search facilities for Indian, US and European patents (CD-Rom, Online and paper)
	Database on Indian patent applications filed and applications accepted which are open for opposition. These are now available on CDs.
	A Report on Patenting of Microorganisms
	Mechanism for obtaining full text patent documents and patent searching elsewhere
	Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Bulletin
	Panel of patent attorneys drawn from all over the country for helping PFC in patenting activities
	Panel of expert faculty for patent awareness workshops

Services offered in respect of patent searches, abstracts and full text patents

1) Procedure : The patent search involves three levels. On receiving a brief write up on the invention (which would be kept confidential) along with possible keywords from a client, a bibliographic report on patents granted/published in US, Europe, PCT and India are provided to the client. The second level involves providing the abstracts of the relevant patens as requested by the client and the third level relates to providing full text document of the patents.

2) Charges : The patent search services can be availed free of cost by universities, academic institutions, Govt. R&D institutions and govt departments. Nominal fees as given below are charged to individuals and industry.

	Bibliographic search report : Rs. 3000/- per country per subject
	Abstract of European, PCT and US patents : Rs. 55/- per abstract
	Full text of European, PCT and US patents : Rs. 322/- per patent
	Full text of Indian patent and all other patents: Actuals + 15% service charges

3) Coverage :

	Indian patents (Bibliographic) 1974 onwards
	US Patents Bibliographic (without abstract) 1975 onwards Bibliographic with Abstract 1977 onwards
	European patents Bibliographic and abstract (published) 1978 onwards
	PCT applications Bibliographic and abstract (published) 1978 onwards