Our patent law was no exception and was modeled on the same lines as those enforced in our country by the British to further its trade objectives and use the Indian market. Pre-independence, our patent paws were modeled on the lines of the British Patent Act of 1852 without proper policy-based objective of the IP system that is unique to the needs of our country.

Post-independence, the government directed a review of the prevailing patents and designs legislation in India by T. B. Chand Committee in 1948. Consequent to this and the recommendations of Justice Rajagopala Iyyengar Committee in 1957, the Indian Patent Law enacted in 1856 by the British Empire was revised and amended in 1970 to suit the industrial need of our growing newly independent nation. The Act along with the rules came into force in 1972.