Patents
Drafting and prosecution for inventions that hold up under examination — claims written by people who understand what you built.
- Drafting
- Prosecution
- PCT national phase
- Oppositions
- FTO opinions
IP Law · Established Bengaluru 2011
Patents, trademarks
Patents, trademarks
and the ideas worth
defending.
A specialist intellectual property practice. We read the technology before we write a single claim — then we file, prosecute and defend it.
- 1,200+
- Filings prosecuted
- 40+
- Jurisdictions
- 9
- Technology domains
§ 01 / Practice
Four registers of protection, one docket.
Most ideas need more than one form of protection. We map the whole portfolio — invention, brand, form and authorship — and keep every right on a single, watched docket.
Trademarks
Clearance searches, multi-class filing and the contentious work that protects a brand once it starts to matter.
- Search
- Filing
- Oppositions
- Madrid Protocol
- Enforcement
Designs
Registration for the shape, pattern and ornament that make a product recognisable — and the proceedings that keep copies off the shelf.
- Registration
- Novelty checks
- Cancellation
- Enforcement
Copyright
Authorship, software and creative work — registration, assignment, licensing and the fast notices that get infringing copies taken down.
- Registration
- Licensing
- Software & code
- Takedowns
§ 02 / Process
How a filing moves.
Every matter runs the same disciplined route — nothing sits unattended, and you always know which stage you are in.
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Search
Search & strategy
Prior-art and clearance searches, portfolio mapping, and a clear call on what to file — and where.
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Draft
Draft the right claims
Specification and claims written by attorneys who read the technology, with figures that survive scrutiny.
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File
File at home & abroad
Filing before the Indian Patent Office and Registry, with PCT and Madrid routes when you go international.
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Prosecute
Answer & defend
Examination reports, hearings and oppositions handled on time — we keep the application moving forward.
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Grant
Grant, renew, enforce
Grant and registration, renewal reminders on a watched docket, and enforcement when someone steps on your right.
§ 03 / Subject matter
Technologies we prosecute.
Good drafting starts with understanding the field. Between the partners and associates, Merrow Fen covers the subject matter that Bengaluru actually builds.
CS · G06
Software & machine learning
Algorithms, ML pipelines, distributed systems and computer-related inventions drafted for Indian practice.
H01 · H03
Electronics & semiconductors
Circuits, chip architecture, sensors and embedded hardware.
H04
Telecom & signal processing
Wireless, protocols, codecs and standards-adjacent inventions.
B60 · F16
Mechanical & mobility
Devices, machines, automotive and manufacturing processes.
C12 · A61
Biotech & life sciences
Molecular biology, diagnostics, med-tech and pharma, with FTO.
C01 · C08
Chemistry & materials
Formulations, polymers, coatings and process chemistry.
A47 · A45
Consumer products & design
Product form, packaging and ornament — where designs meet trademarks.
G06Q
Fintech & platforms
Payments, marketplaces and platform architecture.
§ 04 / The firm
A small firm, on purpose.
Merrow Fen was founded in Bengaluru in 2011 on a simple premise: an intellectual property right is only as strong as the person who drafted it. We stay deliberately small so that a partner reads your technology — not a form, not a template.
We act for founders, research teams, universities and established manufacturers, from a first provisional filing to a portfolio spanning forty jurisdictions. Prosecution, oppositions and enforcement all run from one desk.
2011Established
1,200+Filings prosecuted
40+Jurisdictions
9Technology domains
Aparna Merrow
Founding Partner · Patents
Registered patent agent with 16 years drafting and prosecuting software, electronics and mechanical inventions before the Indian Patent Office. Leads the firm's PCT and cross-border strategy.
Rohan Fen
Partner · Trademarks & Disputes
15+ years at the Bengaluru bar. Runs oppositions, rectifications and enforcement across the Trade Marks Registry and the courts, and advises on brand strategy from the first filing.
Dr. Kavya Iyer
Principal Associate · Life Sciences
PhD in molecular biology. Drafts and prosecutes biotech, pharma and materials patents, and prepares freedom-to-operate opinions for research-led teams.
Merrow Fen read our source code before they wrote a single claim. The patent that came back actually covers what we built.
§ 05 / Next step
Have an idea worth defending?
Book a free initial consultation. We'll tell you plainly what is protectable, what isn't, and where to file first — no obligation.