Filing and prosecuting in design refers to the process of submitting a design application to a relevant intellectual property office and managing its examination until registration.
The Designs Wing of the Patent Office is committed to register a properly filed applications, which complies with the substantive criteria of registrability, in one month from the date of filing, from April, 2011 onwards. An application or petition for registration of designs, extension of copyright, cancellation of registration and rectification of register may be filed at any of the four Patent Offices.
