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Analyzing Patentability of Inventions
Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala
[email protected] URL: www.bananaip.com
Books: www.kalyankankanala.com
Patentability requirements
• Patentable subject matter
• Industrial Applicability
• Novelty
• Inventive Step
• Specification
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Patentable Subject Matter
Product or Process - Section 2(1)(j)
• Computer Program
• Genetically modified pig
• Business method
• Massage technique
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Exclusions
Section 3(d)
• New form
– Efficacy
• New property or use
• Mere use of known process
– New product
– New reactant
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Exclusions
• Explanation: Salts, Esters, Ethers, Polymorphs,
Metabolites, Pure forms, Particle size, Isomers, Mixture of
isomers, Complexes, Combinations and other Derivatives of
a known substance considered same substance
• Efficacy
• Novartis case
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Exclusions
• Plants, Animals and Parts (Section 3(j))
• Computer Programs Per Se (Section 3(k))
• Medical Methods (Section 3(i))
• Traditional Knowledge (Section 3(p))
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Example
• Kodi identifies and inserts a gene in a hen which
leads to the increase in the output of eggs (sixty
luminescent eggs per month). He is interested in
getting a patent on his invention.
• Can he get a patent and if yes, on what?
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Example
• Som develops an android application for
assessing the mood of the caller. The app has
automated systems for rejecting calls of bad
mood callers. It also can recognize cold callers.
• Patentable?
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Example
• Kini, a house wife and follower of Baba Ramdev,
develops a method of performing yoga that will help
astronauts adapt to low gravity environments. She
wishes to file for a patent in India.
• Will there be any issues with patentable subject matter?
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Example
• Koka Nair inherits traditional knowledge with respect to
ayurvedic formulations for improving immunity and
promoting healthy living from his ancestors. After
researching on the formulations, he isolates active
ingredients from three of the formulations and prepares
tablets for enhancing immunity.
• Is his invention patentable subject matter?
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Industrial Applicability
Section 2(1)(ac) - Capable of Industrial Application
• Make
• Use
• Repeat
• Industry
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Industrial Applicability
• Neo invents a method of making a dog
jump on four legs.
• Helen invents a method of eloping based
on adverse conditions.
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NoveltySection 2(1)(l) - New Invention
• Prior Publication
• Public Knowledge
• Public Use
• On Sale
• Public Display
• Public Working
• Single prior art reference
• Inherent anticipation
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Inventive Step
Section 2(1)(ja)
• Technical Advance or Economic Significance
and
• Not obvious to a person skilled in the Art
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Secondary Indication
• Commercial Success
• Copying
• Praise by expert
• Unexpected results
• Long felt need
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Example
• Invention
• Chair with Wheels
• Prior Art
• Chairs
• Tables with wheels
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Example
• Invention
• Stent coated with Taxol
• Prior Art
• Stents
• Many Anti-cancer agents including Taxol
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Specification
Section 10
• Written Description
• Enablement
• Best Mode
• Claims
• Object: Notice and Dissemination
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Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala’s Latest IP Thriller –The Dravidian
ABOUT THE DRAVIDIAN
The Dravidian tribe in the Western Ghats holds the key to
ancient knowledge capable of redefining the fundamentals of
modern medicine. When an army of Bio Pirates descend on
them, the warrior tribe is faced with an adversary that must be
taken down at all costs to avoid complete destruction. The last
weapon in the Dravidian arsenal is Arjun Mamidi, a young,
blind lawyer.
Can Arjun save the Dravidians and their invaluable knowledge
from impending doom? Or will the knowledge and the men
guarding it be lost forever?
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