1. Analyzing Patentabilityof InventionsDr. Kalyan C. Kankanalakalyan@bananaip.comwww.bananaip.comBlog: www.bananaip.com/sinapse-blogBooks: www.kalyankankanala.com BananaIP Counsels - 2014

2. PatentabilityrequirementsPatentable subject matterIndustrial ApplicabilityNoveltyInventive StepSpecification BananaIP Counsels - 2014 3. Patentable SubjectMatterProduct or Process - Section 2(1)(j)Computer ProgramGenetically modified pigBusiness methodMassage technique BananaIP Counsels - 2014 4. Exclusions BananaIP Counsels - 2014Section 3(d)New formEfficacyNew property or useMere use of known processNew productNew reactant 5. ExclusionsExplanation: Salts, Esters, Ethers,Polymorphs, Metabolites, Pure forms,Particle size, Isomers, Mixture of isomers,Complexes, Combinations and otherDerivatives of a known substanceconsidered same substanceEfficacyNovartis case BananaIP Counsels - 2014 6. ExclusionsPlants, Animals and Parts (Section3(j))Computer Programs Per Se (Section3(k)Medical Methods (Section 3(i))Traditional Knowledge (Section 3(p)) BananaIP Counsels - 2014 7. ExampleKodi identifies and inserts a gene in ahen which leads to the increase inthe output of eggs, sixty luminiscenteggs per month). He is interested ingetting a patent on his invention.Can he get a patent and if yes, on what? BananaIP Counsels - 2014 8. ExampleSom develops an android applicationfor assessing the mood of the caller.The app has automated systems forrejecting calls of bad mood callers. Italso can recognize cold callers. BananaIP Counsels - 2014Patentable? 9. ExampleKini, a house wife and follower of BabaRamdev, develops a method of performingyoga that will help astronauts adapt to lowgravity environments. She wishes to filefor a patent in India.Will there be any issues with patentablesubject matter? BananaIP Counsels - 2014 10. ExampleCoconut Nair inherits traditional knowledgewith respect to ayurvedic formulations forimproving immunity and promotinghealthy living from his ancestors. Afterresearching on the formulations, heisolates active ingredients from three ofthe formulations and prepares tablets forenhancing immunity.Is his invention patentable subject matter? BananaIP Counsels - 2014 11. Industrial ApplicabilitySection 2(1)(ac) - Capable of IndustrialApplication BananaIP Counsels - 2014MakeUseRepeatIndustry 12. Industrial ApplicabilityNeo invents a method of making a dogjump on four legs.Helen invents a method of eloping basedon adverse conditions. BananaIP Counsels - 2014 13. NoveltySection 2(1)(l) - New InventionPrior PublicationPublic KnowledgePublic UseOn SalePublic DisplayPublic Working BananaIP Counsels - 2014 14. Inventive StepSection 2(1)(ja)Technical Advance or EconomicSignificance andNot obvious to a person skilled in theArt. BananaIP Counsels - 2014 15. Secondary IndiciaCommercial SuccessCopyingPraise by expertUnexpected resultsLong felt need BananaIP Counsels - 2014 16. Example BananaIP Counsels - 2014InventionChair with WheelsPrior ArtChairsTables with wheels 17. Example BananaIP Counsels - 2014InventionStent coated with TaxolPrior ArtStentsMany Anti-cancer agents including Taxol 18. Specification BananaIP Counsels - 2014Section 10Written DescriptionEnablementBest ModeClaimsObject: Notice and Dissemination 19. Allergan v. SandozInvention: Combigan - Combination of: alpha2-agonist (0.2% brimonidine) andbeta-blocker BananaIP Counsels - 2014(0.5% timolol).Used for reducing intra-ocular pressure in Glucoma patients.Efficacy - Reduces Afternoon Troph - drops ineffective after eight to nine hours. Reducesdosage from 3 to 2 doses per day.Prior ArtCombination of alpha 2 agonists and Beta Blockers known to reduce ocular pressure.brimonidin and Timolol used as eye drops seperately.Fixed dose combinations with Timolol know to reduce pressure and hypertension in eyes.MotivationReasonable likelihood of successUnexpected resultsObvious?(Federal Circuit Court, 11-1619, May 01, 2013 .) 20. Invention BananaIP Counsels - 2014Toroid Shapedrings 21. Prior Art BananaIP Counsels - 2014ElastomericSprings 22. Chemtura Case BananaIP Counsels - 2014Obvious?POSACombination 23. PIRATES OF BOLLYWOODA Legal Thriller around film production,Piracy and Organized Crime.Review" . This copyright law fiction has project piracy asits lodestar, and this book indeed has all themakings of (dare I say) a Bollywood Masalamovie, albeit with the only difference that theauthor casts his mojo by interweaving the legalaspects of the copyright law debate within itstheatrical setting of Bollywood in Mumbai. ... 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