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Examiner of Patents and Designs (Food Technology), Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks 2027

The Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks recruits Examiners of Patents and Designs in fourteen disciplines, including Food Technology, through a screening Prelims of 150 objective questions, a Mains with an objective general paper and a descriptive Food Technology paper, and an interview.

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Sectionals
30

Examiners of Patents and Designs examine patent and design applications for the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (CGPDTM) under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade. The post is Group A Gazetted, Pay Level 10. The last recruitment, notified in July 2023, had 553 posts in fourteen disciplines, 15 of them in Food Technology. NTA conducted it in three stages: a computer-based Prelims (150 questions, screening only), a Mains of an objective Paper-I (100 marks) and a descriptive discipline Paper-II (300 marks), and a 100-mark interview, with the Mains weighted 80% and the interview 20%. No new notification has been issued as of October 2026.

Conducted by
National Testing Agency (NTA) for the Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce and Industry (2023-24 cycle; the first attempt was run by the Quality Council of India)
Intellectual Property India (CGPDTM) (opens on the official site) NTA examination portal for this recruitment (opens on the official site) NTA public notice of 11 Dec 2023 (stages and Prelims date; mirror) (opens on the official site) NTA public notice of 27 Dec 2023 (Prelims sections and answer-key challenge; mirror) (opens on the official site) DPIIT final result notice of 16 Jun 2024 (mirror) (opens on the official site)

Who can apply

For the 2023 notification the Food Technology discipline required a Bachelor's degree in Food Technology or Food Engineering, or an equivalent, and an age of 21 to 35 years on the closing date. Check the next notification, as conditions can change.

  • Essential qualification (2023, as reported): Bachelor Degree in Food Technology/Engineering or equivalent from a university established by a Central or State Act, an institution of national importance, or a deemed university
  • Age: at least 21 and under 35 years on the last date of application; relaxation of 5 years for SC/ST, 3 years for OBC, 10 years for PwBD, and up to 40 years for government servants
  • Food Technology vacancies in 2023: 15 (SC 2, ST 1, OBC 4, EWS 1, UR 7) out of 553 across fourteen disciplines
  • Application fee in 2023: Rs 1,000; Rs 500 for SC/ST, PwBD and women candidates
  • Post: Group A Gazetted, Pay Level 10 (Rs 56,100 to 1,77,500)

A summary. Confirm the details in the current notice.

Source: 2023 notification, vacancy pages (mirror) ↗. Source: Biotecnika summary of the 2023 notification ↗. Checked 2026-10-30.

Based on past papers, not an official scheme. Confirm in the current notice.

Every section is compulsory, with no choice between them, and the paper is timed at 120 minutes.

Sections, questions and marks
Section Questions Marks Status
General English 15 15 Compulsory
Verbal and Non-verbal Reasoning 30 30 Compulsory
Quantitative Aptitude 30 30 Compulsory
General Knowledge and Current Affairs 30 30 Compulsory
General Science 30 30 Compulsory
IP legislation in India, WIPO and related treaties 15 15 Compulsory
Paper total — 150

Mock tests follow the Prelims of the 2023-24 cycle as NTA ran it on 21 December 2023: one computer-based paper of 150 one-mark questions in 2 hours, with General English 15, Verbal and Non-verbal Reasoning 30, Quantitative Aptitude 30, General Knowledge and Current Affairs 30, General Science 30, and IP legislation in India, WIPO and related treaties 15. The Prelims only screens candidates for the Mains; its marks do not count in the final merit list. The descriptive Food Technology paper of the Mains is not part of these mocks.

Marking scheme

1 mark for a correct answer; a wrong answer loses one third of a mark. Unanswered questions carry no penalty. The 2018-19 Information Bulletin sets "negative marking @ 33%" for the Prelims; for the 2023-24 cycle coaching sites report the same one-third penalty, but the notification text we could read does not state it. An unanswered question scores zero. Our mocks for this exam are scored the same way.

Source: Information Bulletin, Examiner of Patents & Designs 2018-19 (section 5.2 and 5.5) ↗ NTA public notice of 27 Dec 2023 (Prelims sections) ↗

PaperQuestions MarksMinutes Sections
Patent Examiner (Food Technology) Prelims Mock Test 1 150 150 120 6 Open →
Patent Examiner (Food Technology) Prelims Mock Test 2 150 150 120 6 Open →
Patent Examiner (Food Technology) Prelims Mock Test 3 150 150 120 6 Open →
Patent Examiner (Food Technology) Prelims Mock Test 4 150 150 120 6 Open →
Patent Examiner (Food Technology) Prelims Mock Test 5 150 150 120 6 Open →

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Class 12 Human Ecology & Family Sciences — Food Processing and Technology

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WIPO-administered treaties

Texts and summaries of the Paris Convention, PCT, Budapest Treaty.

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Syllabus

Food Technology Paper-II syllabus (2023 annexure, as reproduced)

Food chemistry and nutrition, microbiology, products technology and engineering.

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IP law

Law Relating to Intellectual Property by B. L. Wadehra

A standard Indian text on the Patents Act 1970, Designs Act 2000.

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General science

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Reasoning

A Modern Approach to Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning by R. S. Aggarwal

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Aptitude

Quantitative Aptitude by R. S. Aggarwal

Covers the arithmetic and data topics of the Quantitative Aptitude section.

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General studies

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Compact static general-knowledge reference for the GK.

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