The Patents (Amendment) Act, 2002 was passed by Parliament in May, 2002 and notified in June, 2003. The Act has been made effective from May, 2003 and has brought about lot of changes.

Salient Features: The salient features of the Patents (Amendment) Act 2002 are as follows:

A. Modification of term invention:

The Sec. 2 (1)(j) of Patent (Amendment) Act 2002, defines the term