INVENTION DISCLOSURE FORMAT

(To be filled by the inventor(s) for facilitating the filing of a patent)

1.         Title of the invention:

2.         Name(s) and address of the inventor(s):

3.         Nationality of the inventor(s):

4.         Sponsoring agency (if any):

5.         Brief description of invention (in 250 words).

6.         List of keywords pertaining to the invention.

7.         Existing state-of-art; patents and other publications.

8.         Drawbacks in existing state-of-art and how the drawbacks have been overcome

            by your invention.

9.         Objectives of the invention.

10.       Novel features of the invention.

11.       Innovative features of the invention.

12.       Utility of the invention.

13.       Advantages over other known alternatives.

14.       Present status of patenting on this invention (patent and literature search)^*.

15.       Detailed description (should be accompanied by labeled drawings/diagrams

            as in a research paper).

16.       Test status (give details of testing and results thereof).

17.       Country(ies) of filing patent.

18.       Signature of inventor(s).

19.       Date

Some internet sites for patent search:

        http://pkzid.delhi.nic.in

        http://ep.espacenet.com

        http://www.uspto.gov

        http://www.library.ubc.ca/patscan/

        http://pctgazette.wipo.int