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Prescription Without Diagnosis: Court Remands Patent Refusal for Medical Research Engine

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The Bombay High Court, in Navya Network Inc. v. Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs, set aside a patent refusal for a “Medical Research Retrieval Engine,” ruling that the Patent Office failed to apply the five-step inventive step test and introduced new Section 3(k) grounds in the refusal order that were never put to the applicant at the hearing stage.

Court Affirms Controller’s Refusal: Invention deemed obvious to a person skilled in the art

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The Madras High Court dismissed Navya Network Inc.’s appeal against the Patent Controller’s refusal, ruling that the claimed invention was obvious to a person skilled in the art. The judgment clarifies the approach to inventive step and non-patentability under Indian patent law, reinforcing standards for algorithm and method claims.