For researchers, faculty, students and institutions

The prototype in your lab has a protectable shape. Most of them are never registered.

Design registration is the fastest, cheapest form of IP protection in India — and the one academic work most often qualifies for. From Rs. 3,999, with drawings prepared for you if the sketch is on paper.

70+ institutional IP cells established
4,200+ seminars delivered
Drawings prepared in-house
Individual and institutional rates

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Tell us what you have built. We will tell you honestly what it needs — and what it costs.

Why academic designs go unprotected

Exhibited at a project fair first

A college exhibition, a poster session or a demo day is a public disclosure. Once the design has been shown, registration is usually refused.

Assumed to be patent-only

Many student projects are not patentable but are clearly registrable as designs. The opportunity is missed because nobody assessed the appearance separately.

Hand sketches on paper

A registrable idea gets abandoned because nobody could produce Design Office standard drawings from it.

Unclear ownership

Student, guide, department, funder — with no written position, the design sits unprotected because nobody is sure who may file.

How we work with institutions on designs

Design assessment for the whole batch

We review a department's projects together and tell you which are registrable and which are not worth filing.

Drawings from your sketch or prototype

Send a photograph or a sketch. Our designers do the rest.

Individual and institutional fee rates

Natural persons, institutions and small entities pay the lower government fee, and we always show it separately.

Counts towards accreditation

Filed and registered designs feed into NAAC, NIRF and institutional innovation metrics. We supply documentation your team can submit.

Students stay named

The student remains the named designer. We handle the process, not the credit.

Route to transfer

Registered designs can be licensed or transferred through IPBANK INDIA — one client released 106 of them for public use.

Transparent pricing

What it costs

Professional fees below. Government fees are payable separately to the registry and depend on your applicant category — we always show them apart so you can see exactly what you are paying for.

Service	Professional fee	Government fee
Design Registration — you have the design You already have finished drawings or images. We check, prepare and file them.	Rs. 3,999	Rs. 1,000
Design Registration — we create the drawings You have the product or a rough sketch. Our designers produce filing-ready representations.	Rs. 5,999	Rs. 1,000
Idea to Protection — expert consultation You have an idea, not a design. Our experts work out what is protectable and by which right.	Rs. 7,999	Not applicable

Fees current as of the date shown on this page. Government fees are set by the Indian Patent Office and the Trade Marks Registry and may change. We confirm the exact figure in writing before any filing.

Success stories

What protection looks like in practice

Real work from our filings across manufacturing, education, pharma and consumer products. Client names appear only where we have permission to use them.

Featured Patent Feb 2025

207 Patents Filed in 12 Hours: A World Record with Rungta Education Foundation

Rungta Education Foundation, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh

207 patents in 12 hours

MYCrave supported Rungta Education Foundation to file 207 utility patent applications in a single 12-hour window — a Golden Book of World Records achievement built on a year of preparing 5,000+ students and 250+ faculty.

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Featured Copyright Jun 2025

Rs. 42 lakh copyright transfer for a student-built Android application

Mr Satyam Mishra, Sigma University

Rs. 42 lakh copyright deal

An Android application in the customer feedback space was transferred to a private enterprise in a copyright deal valued at Rs. 42 lakh.

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Featured Design Jun 2025

106 industrial designs released for public use

Mr Mithilesh Patel

106 designs released free of cost

An IPBANK INDIA client made 106 industrial design patents available for public use, free of cost.

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Questions we are asked most

Can a student file a design registration?

Yes. A natural person can be an applicant and pays the lowest government fee. Where the institution has an IP policy, we help apply it correctly so ownership is documented from the start.

We only have a hand-drawn sketch. Is that enough?

To start, yes. Our designers convert sketches and photographs into the formal representations the Design Office requires — that is the Rs. 5,999 option.

Is a design registration weaker than a patent?

It is different, not weaker. A design protects appearance and is faster and cheaper to obtain; a patent protects how something works. Many projects deserve both, and we will tell you which applies.

Does this help our accreditation submissions?

Yes. Registered IP counts towards research and innovation indicators, and we provide the filing documentation your accreditation team needs.

Can you assess a whole department's projects at once?

That is usually the most efficient approach. We run an assessment session on campus and come back with a shortlist worth filing.

Not happy with something? We keep a dedicated complaint-handling team, separate from the people delivering your matter. Every complaint gets a reference number and an independent review. Raise a complaint or send feedback.

Ready to protect it?

A short conversation is usually enough to tell you whether you have something protectable, which route fits, and what it will cost.

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