India- Withdrawn Patent Application Cannot Be Used as Prior Art

In a recent judgement, the Madras High Court set aside an order issued by the Controller of Patents (the “Respondent”) against Dr. Vandana Parvez and others (the “Appellant”) refusing the latter’s Patent Application. Background: The Respondent refused the patent application numbered 202041010232 (hereinafter referred to as “IN’232”) as being anticipated by a patent application numbered […]

Singapore: Patents Formalities Manual updates

The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (‘IPOS’) recently issued a circular announcing various updates to the Patents Formalities Manual (‘Manual’) pertaining to practices and processes. New programmes that have been recently introduced in patents have also been incorporated herein. WIPO Standard ST.26 for sequence listing In IPOS Digital Hub Practice Direction No. 2 of 2023 […]