IP Case Digest · Patents

Nippon Steel Corporation v. The Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs, C.A.(COMM.IPD-PAT) 36/2022

Case number
C.A.(COMM.IPD-PAT) 36/2022
Date of judgment
Judge
Prathiba M. Singh
Outcome
Remanded

Headnote

An order that made no reference to any of the prior art cited in the examination report and summarily rejected the application could not stand. What makes this one worth keeping is the remand: the Controller was to proceed on the existing examination report and the hearing notice already issued, and no fresh hearing notice was to be issued.

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Disposition

Disposed of. Matter remanded for fresh consideration by the Controller.

Headnote by BRB Legal, written from the judgment: a summary for reference, not legal advice. Read the judgment itself before relying on it.