To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The Government of India, by way of a gazette notification dated February 9, 2021, has circulated Draft Patent Amendment Rules, 2021 (Draft Rules) seeking comments of the stakeholders by March 9, 2021. The Draft Rules proposes to include "eligible education institution" as an added category of applicants which can avail and file request for expedited examination of patent applications under Rule 24C of the Patents Rules, 2003. As per the Draft Rules, an "eligible education institution" means an institution established by a Central, Provincial or State Act, which is owned or controlled by the Government and is wholly or