Rule 137
Controller of Patents has the power to condone delay in filing responses to Examination Report - Madras High Court.
In a recent ruling dated April 4, 2024, the Madras High Court addressed a significant issue regarding the procedural timelines in patent filings. The appellant, claimed to have invented a system and method for converting waste materials into reusable oil products. He filed a patent application on…
Delay in filing Request for Examination due to negligence of legal counsel - Madras High Court orders restoration of the abandoned patent application - India
November 4, 2022: The Madras High Court allowed the two writ petitions filed by the applicant with respect to two patent applications that were deemed abandoned by the Indian Patent Office on account of delay in filing the Request for Examination. In Chandra Sekar Vs. The Controller of Patents and…