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It can propose, summarise, and recombine what has already been published. A patent requires the opposite: something not found anywhere in the existing record, anywhere in the world.
That claim is then tested by an examiner at the Indian Patent Office who searches the prior art specifically to find it already described. This is why the credential still means something in an AI-saturated field. It is verified against everything that already exists, by someone whose job is to say no.
A patent is an exclusive legal right over a new invention. If a student creates something genuinely new, a patent gives them the sole right to make, use, or license it, and officially records them as the inventor.
Three things at once. It must be novel: new to the world, not just new to you. It must be inventive: a real technological advance, not an obvious tweak. And it must be industrially applicable: practical and implementable.
Every direction we explore with a student is tested against all three before we commit to it.
No, and most don’t. Students almost always start with curiosity rather than a finished idea. The first three weeks exist to explore technologies in the field they care about and find a real problem inside it.
That happens constantly, and it is part of the process rather than a failure. We study the prior art precisely to find out. When an idea is already claimed, we rebuild it, narrowing, redirecting, or attacking the problem from a different angle, until what remains is genuinely original.
The student does. The patent is filed in the student’s name and belongs entirely to the student or their parent. The student is named as the inventor on the application and owns whatever follows from it, including any licensing revenue.
Patomic Labs simply guides the process. We take no ownership, no rights, and no share of future revenue.
The target is a filed and published application within twelve weeks, and a grant within ten to twelve months, subject to Patent Office prosecution timelines. We request expedited examination, answer objections, and attend hearings on the student’s behalf. All of that is included in the programme fee.
Engineers and patent attorneys from IIT Kharagpur, with real R&D experience at global companies. The same people run the exploration, draft the specification, and handle the prosecution. Nothing is outsourced midway.
No. You can enrol directly in Inventor Path at ₹1,20,000, which is the complete journey from problem to granted patent. That is the faster route.
The Technology Exploration Program at ₹19,500 exists for families who would rather work with us once before committing: a guided session in a field of the student’s choosing, ending in a personalised State-of-the-Art Report on where that field stands. If you go on to Inventor Path afterwards, the ₹19,500 is adjusted in full against the fee.
Yes. Drafting, filing, statutory fees, examination, prosecution, and hearings are all covered by the Inventor Path fee. There are no hidden charges and no surprise add-ons.
The invention field and core direction lock at the end of Week 3, once the technology gap has been identified. That lets us go deep on one problem and build a defensible patent rather than a shallow one. Significant changes after that stage mean restarting discovery as a new engagement.
A limited number each month. One-to-one mentorship does not scale, and every application is reviewed before onboarding. Projects are accepted selectively, based on patentability and mentor availability.
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