The invention for grant of a patent should meet the following conditions:
Novelty (New/Novel)
The subject matter of the invention should be novel, which means it should not be available in public domain and form state of art, through anticipation by prior publication, in any document or claimed in any claim of already filed complete specification or disclosed orally or know to local or indigenous community as traditional knowledge.
Inventive Step (Non-Obviousness)
An inventive step means a feature of an invention that involves technical advancement and/or economic significance and that makes the invention not obvious to a person skilled in the art.
Inventive step is considered lacking, when an invention lies merely in verifying previous predictions, without substantially adding anything for technical advancement and/or economic significance in the art.
Industrial Applicability
An invention should be capable of being made and used in the industry (including big manufacturing setups, MSMEs, Cottage industry or other such similar industries).