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Madras High Court affirms rejection of IIT-M Patent on ‘Method of Doping Potassium’, for lack of inventive step

Madras High Court concluded that without any experimental data to compare the costs of using filtrate material, which requires frequent changing, vis-a-vis using an external reagent, the economic significance of the claimed invention cannot be established. Thus, the claimed invention lacks an inventive step under Section 2(1)(ja) of the Patents Act.

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‘No teaching, suggestion or motivation in prior art to make it obvious to a person skilled in art’; Madras HC remands patent application to Controller for reconsideration

Since about 12 years have elapsed from the date of application, Madras High Court directed that the Patent Application be disposed of within a maximum period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.

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Madras HC sets aside Controller’s order rejecting patent application of Microsoft Tech. claiming invention titled ‘Message Communication of Sensor and other Data’

Madras High Court said that the Controller is correct in stating that both the cited prior art and the claimed invention provide for the transmission of sensor data to a subscribing application, but the difference lies in how such data is transmitted.