Patent agent examination query
Rajesh Hazra
(Querist) 09 January 2013
This query is : Resolved
Rahman Roshan a student of one of the IIT came up with an invention which is a cylindrical slide which can be installed in the balcony of high rise apartments. In case of any emergency of fire or earthquake the inmates roll the cylindrical slide to the ground floor and can slide to safety.
he shared his views with his brother in private conversation who is an editor of journal Safe Houses in february 2010.
He conducted a trial of his invention from the ninth floor of his Hostel to assess the effectiveness in March 2010. He wanted to know the feed back of his invention and exhibited the same in an exhibition"New Millennium Designs at Raffeles Centre in Singapore on July 2nd of 2010.
In the mean time he learns that his brother published the detail he shared in Safe House Journal issue dated August 2010.
In September 2010 he filed a provisional application in Patent Office and complete specification on January 2011.
Rehman Roshan approaches you on the impact of granting patent.
Please advice as to the probability on this issue.
Raj Kumar Makkad
(Expert) 09 January 2013
As your registration is pending before Patent Office so better to approach it for its finalization as earliest as possible. Personally I feel that this is uneek invention and there is no legal hurdle to get the same patented.
