Jfe Steel Corporation v. the Controller of Patents and Designs
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court Commercial Division, Commercial Miscellaneous Petition No.52 of 2025, JFC Steel Corporation v. Controller of Patents & Designs, Arif S. Doctor, J., 3rd February 2026. Patent Application No. 1155/MUMNP/2015 refused under Section 15 of the Patents Act, 1970 solely on ground of non-compliance with Section 10(4) sufficiency of disclosure without findings on novelty or inventive step; order set aside and remanded to a different Controller for fresh reasoned decision within four weeks; foreign patent grants (US, Europe, China, Japan) held a relevant though not determinative consideration; reliance on Hemant Karamchand Rohera v. Controller General of Patents & Designs and Qualyst Transporter Solutions LLC v. The Assistant Controller (Bombay HC).
What did the court decide?
Impugned Order dated 11th January 2023 refusing Patent Application No. 1155/MUMNP/2015 set aside; matter remanded for fresh consideration by a different Controller with direction to pass a reasoned order afresh within four weeks as far as practicable; no order as to costs.