Patent for Enzyme-Based Animal Feed Supplementation Cleared of Section 3(i) Refusal

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The Madras High Court has allowed Kemin Industries’ patent on an enzyme-based animal feed method, overturning the Controller’s Section 3(i) refusal. The Court ruled that the method involves feed supplementation rather than treatment, confirming novelty and inventive step in the process.

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