Posted by All Information Here on Friday, November 7, 2014
In the month of June 2013, the Controller's offices issued 76 decisions. Out of these 76, 44 decisions were granted (including deferred, time allowed), 32 refused (including revoked, abandoned and withdrawn).
Some interesting decisions: The cases related to pre-grant opposition, 25(1) as I found them to be instructive. There are quite a few cases where the Controller rejected the application on the ground of Section 3(k). These decisions are interesting in view of the recent guidelines issued by the IPO for the examination of applications falling under section 3(k). In my view, some 3(k) decisions can go the other way (granted) if enough structural language is included in the application (original disclosure). For example, there is a case where an application has been rejected as it claimed a software for controlling irrigation. Here the application could have been saved if say - a programmable control system language (timer, activator, loop control) was included in the application, and claimed accordingly.
The Controller also enabled a utility to determine the request for examination status / First Examination Report status. This utility is extremely helpful to applicants as the page now dynamically displays the information about the month and year of Request for Examination (Form 18) that are being examined and FER being issued in each examination group. This will help applicants track the status of their applications.
* Controllers decisions from January - May 2013 will be posted shortly.
| APPLICATION # | APPLICANT | Decision / Issue | CONTROLLER |
| 293/MUMNP/2008 | TAKEDA GMBH | Refused, 3(d) | Amitava Chakraborty |
| 5982/CHENP/2007 | TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT DARMSTADT | Refused | Anoop K Joy |
| 6063/DELNP/2006 | RANBAXY LABORATORIEWS LIMITED | Withdrawn - date* | Ashok Kumar |
| 4318/DELNP/2008 | M/S ASTRAZECECA AB | Refused, divisional | ASHOK KUMAR |
| 3724/DELNP/2006 | THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA | Refused | Bharat N S |
| 2977/CHE/2007 | RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED | Refused, 3(k) | C Naveen Andrew |
| 1291/MUMNP/2008 | BRZ BIOTECNOLOGIA LTDA | Refused | Dr. D. Usha Rao |
| 1292/MUMNP/2008 | BRZ BIOTECNOLOGIA LTDA | Refused | Dr. D. Usha Rao |
| 1159/MUMNP/2008 | MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION | Refused | Dr. D. Usha Rao |
| 2100/DEL/2007 | GILEAD SCIENCES,INC. | 25(1), Refused | Hardev Karar |
| 1135/DEL/2007 | GILEAD SCIENCES, INC. | 25(1), Refused | Hardev Karar |
| 3221/DELNP/2006 | IBM | Refused | M Ravishankar |
| 280/MUM/2005 | TATA CHEMICALS LIMITED | Refused | N. Ramchander |
| 1975/MUM/2009 | ARCH PHARMALABS LIMITED | Refused | N. Ramchander |
| 520/DELNP/2004 | TECHNOLOGICAL RESOURCES PTY. LTD. | Refused | P S Rao |
| 1090/DEL/2007 | ICAR | Refused, 3(k) | P S Rao |
| 4959/DELNP/2007 | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | Refused | P S Rao |
| 1909/DELNP/2006 | DUKE MANUFACTURING COMPANY | Refused | P S Rao |
| 1594/DELNP/2006 | TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE | Refused | P S Rao |
| 2032/DELNP/2006 | L'AIR LIQUIDE SOCIETE ANONYME | Refused | P S RAO |
| 2301/MUM/2007 | TATA MOTORS LIMITED | Refused | Pankaj Borkar |
| 1023/KOLNP/2006 | SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC. | Refused, 3(k) | Parijat Sourav |
| 1023/KOLNP/2006 | SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC. | Refused, 3(k) | Parijat Sourav |
| 4037/DELNP/2006 | ERICSSON (PUBL) | Refused, 3(k) | S N Sav |
| 1229/DEL/2005 | ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE(INDIA) LIMITED | Refused | Saroj Kumar |
| 1219/DEL/2004 | CSIR | 25(1), Refused | Shah Alam |
| 2883/KOLNP/2007 | CHIRON SRL | Refused | Soumen Ghosh |
| 524/CHENP/2006 | TRIDENT MICROSYSTEMS (FAR EAST) LTD. | Refused, 3(k) | V Saravanan |
| 4050/CHENP/2007 | E2INTERACTIVE INC., | Refused, 3(k) | V Saravanan |
| 1388/MUM/2004 | SATHE JAIPRAKASH ANANT | Refused | Vikash Sharma |
| 247/MUM/2005 | KIRLOSKAR ENGINES INDIA LIMITED | Refused | Vikash Sharma |