Author: Kriti Sinha

Introduction Similar to most fields of law, patent law strives to very carefully strike a balance between encouraging innovation on the one side, and avoiding monopolization of thoughts which are mere improvements over what is already known on the other. For this reason, the patent system, in granting a patent, insists on the presence of an inventive step to an idea or an invention. The inventive step acts as a gatekeeping test, tries to ensure patents granted are for inventions, not minor or routine modifications of already existing inventions. The definition under the Indian Patents Act of 1970 acts as…