Patent Counsel Built
on Process and Precision
Anantara Counsel is a specialist patent practice based in Bangkok, serving inventors, research institutions, and companies pursuing patent protection in Thailand and internationally.
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Anantara Counsel was established to address a gap in the Bangkok market: inventors and small firms needed substantive patent drafting expertise without committing to the billing structures of large full-service IP firms. The practice was built around a methodical workflow — structured disclosure, thorough search, careful drafting — with the aim of producing specifications that hold up under examination and have practical commercial value.
The name draws from the Sanskrit concept of continuity and depth. Patent prosecution is not a single transaction; it is a relationship with a registry that can extend over many years. The practice is structured to maintain that continuity: each client engagement is tracked against statutory deadlines, and written updates are provided at each material stage so that nothing moves forward without the client's informed participation.
The practice covers patent work under the Thai Patent Act, including both standard patents and petty patents, as well as coordinated international programmes under the Patent Cooperation Treaty. A patentability assessment service is offered as a first step for inventors who want a clear picture of the landscape before committing to a full filing.
Anantara Counsel is based in the Asoke district of Bangkok, within reach of the key technology clusters, university campuses, and industrial estates active in Thailand's eastern seaboard. Engagements are managed in English, with filings submitted in Thai as required by the Department of Intellectual Property.
Mission
To provide patent filing services that are technically grounded, clearly documented, and appropriately priced for the scale of work involved.
Approach
Each engagement begins with a disclosure form rather than a general conversation. Structured input leads to more precise drafting, fewer revision rounds, and a specification that accurately describes what the inventor created.
Location
519 Asoke Montri Road, Khlong Toei Nuea, Watthana, Bangkok 10110.
Monday–Friday 9:00–18:00 ICT.
The Practice Team
Krit Suwannakul
Principal Patent Attorney
Registered patent attorney with experience in mechanical and chemical patent prosecution before the Thai DIP. Manages all filing engagements and client correspondence.
Nattaya Phiromrak
Patent Search Specialist
Conducts prior art searches across international patent databases and scientific literature. Provides the search foundation for both patentability assessments and full application engagements.
Pichaya Thanakit
International Filing Coordinator
Manages PCT applications and national phase entries, maintaining correspondence with overseas associates and tracking statutory deadlines across multiple jurisdictions.
Practice Standards
DIP Registration
Work is conducted by attorneys registered with Thailand's Department of Intellectual Property, meeting the statutory requirements for representation in patent proceedings.
Prior Art Search Protocol
Every filing engagement includes a prior art search across the WIPO PatentScope database, national patent offices, and relevant scientific literature databases before any claims are drafted.
Drafting Review Process
Each draft specification is reviewed by the principal attorney before being sent to the client. Claims are cross-checked against the prior art search findings to confirm that the scope is supportable.
Confidentiality
All invention disclosures are handled under professional confidentiality obligations. A non-disclosure undertaking is available on request before any detailed technical discussion takes place.
Deadline Management
Patent prosecution involves statutory deadlines that, if missed, can result in irreversible loss of rights. The practice maintains a docketing system that flags approaching deadlines well in advance.
Written Progress Reports
For international filing programmes, clients receive quarterly written updates on the status of each application in each jurisdiction, including any examiner communications received and the proposed response strategy.
Patent Filing in Thailand: What the Work Involves
Thai patent law is codified in the Patent Act B.E. 2522 (1979) and its amendments. The Act recognises patents for inventions and petty patents for minor innovations, as well as design patents for ornamental aspects of products. Anantara Counsel handles the invention categories — standard and petty patents — where the technical drafting work is most demanding.
A well-drafted patent specification is one of the more technically specific documents produced in a commercial context. The description must be sufficient to enable a person skilled in the relevant technical field to reproduce the invention without undue experimentation. The claims must define the scope of protection precisely enough to be enforceable, yet broadly enough to capture commercially meaningful variations. Striking that balance requires both technical understanding and familiarity with the examination standards applied by the DIP.
For inventors considering international protection, the Patent Cooperation Treaty provides a structured route for deferring the cost of national filings while preserving the priority date. Thailand is a member of the PCT, and the Thai Intellectual Property Office functions as a receiving office. An international application filed through the PCT system enters a 30-month window during which the applicant can evaluate the international search report and decide which national markets justify the cost of entry.
Anantara Counsel works with inventors at different stages of this process: from the initial question of whether a patent is worth pursuing, through to the detailed work of preparing and prosecuting applications before the DIP and coordinating national phase entries abroad. Each stage of the work is documented and communicated in plain terms so that clients can make well-informed decisions at each junction.
Discuss Your Patent Project
A preliminary conversation costs nothing. Send an enquiry with a brief description of your invention and we will suggest the most appropriate starting point.
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