The Indian patent office issued a notice on 1^st May 2017 for PCT International Applications through WIPO ePCT. The notice described about the applicants and registered patent agents, who wants to file the international patent applications under PCT, are thereby solicited to utilize the WIPO ePCT online service for filing PCT international applications.

It provides appreciable fee reduction for e-filing. It is also thereby informed that RO/IN will discourage a paper form of PCT international applications filing from the applicants and the registered patent agents from 1^st May 2017. Please click here for ePCT online service for filing PCT international applications.

The Author is a Patent Consultant from MR Technollect Solutions (www.MRTechnollect.com).