Claims 1–10: novelty
No single cited reference was found to disclose every feature of those claims.
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Evidence · Intellectual property
Protected assessment work and a transparently described patent application.
The MASS work has a Copyright Office registration, while the wider system is the subject of a PCT international patent application that remains within the patent process.
An application is not a grant. The current status is explained without overstating the legal position.
Protected work
Copyright registration and patent application are different forms of intellectual property.
The archive contains a Copyright Office record for the MASS assessment work and official documents from an international patent application under the Patent Cooperation Treaty.
Copyright protects the registered work recorded by the Copyright Office. A patent application seeks protection for claimed technical subject matter and remains subject to examination in relevant jurisdictions.
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Mental Health Screening and Assessment Scale for Students (MASS)
- Registration number
- L-149923/2024
- Record date
- 26 June 2024
- Class of work
- Literary / dramatic work
- Publication status in record
- Unpublished
PCT international application
System for Psychometric Self-Assessment and Wellness Management
The application entered the PCT system as PCT/IN2026/050004 on 3 January 2026, claiming priority from an Indian application filed on 3 January 2025. The PCT process provides an international filing and search framework; patents are ultimately granted or refused by national or regional offices.
International search position
A preliminary search opinion—not a final grant or rejection
The International Searching Authority issued its search report and written opinion on 12 May 2026.
Claims 1–10: industrial applicability
The claimed system was considered capable of practical use.
Claims 1–10: inventive step
The opinion considered the claims obvious in view of a combination of earlier documents.
Claims 11–17
The authority declined to search the stated computer-implemented method claims within that procedure.
The application has not been finally granted or rejected. Patent strategy, deadlines, amendments, and jurisdiction-specific positions remain matters for qualified patent counsel.
Responsible wording
How the intellectual-property position should appear publicly
Accurate status language
- Copyright-registered MASS work
- International patent application filed through the PCT
- International search report issued
- Application remains under prosecution / examination strategy
Statements not supported by the record
- Internationally patented
- Patent approved or granted
- Patent rejected
- All technical and AI features are covered by granted claims
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