In exercise of the powers conferred by section 159 of the Patents Act, 1970, the Central Government has further revised the Patents Rules, 2003 and these rules would be called the Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2020.

The Rules have been amended particularly with regard to the requirements relating to working statements/ form-27. Some important changes are as follows:- 

The Workings would now have to be furnished once in respect of every financial year ( not calendar year) , starting from the financial year commencing immediately after the financial year in which the patent was granted, and shall be furnished within six months from the expiry of each such financial year. (i.e., the due date would be 31st September and not 31st March)

Further, the form 27 is also revised and now one form may be filed in respect of multiple patents, provided all of them are related patents, wherein the approximate revenue / value accrued from a particular patented invention cannot be derived separately from the approximate revenue/value accrued from related patents, and all such patents are granted to the same patentee(s).

The revised form also does not require any statement from the Patentee /Licensee relating to public requirement of the patented invention, and if the same has been met adequately or not.