A patent grants the owner the right to restrict others from creating, using, importing, or selling his or her invention without permission. Before such a right is granted, a thorough examination is performed to see whether the procedure or product is original, novel (and has not previously been predicted in any published document), and industrially applicable (possesses utility). It involves searching the database of India's intellectual property authority to see if there is an object or invention that is the same as or comparable to the applicant's creation.