Dolby International Ab V. The Assistant Controller Of Patents And Designs

The present matter is an appeal preferred by the Appellant (interchangeably also referred to as the Applicant), Dolby International AB aginst the impugned order dated 29 January 2021, passed by the Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs by virtue of which the Ld. Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs refused to grant a patent to the Appellant under Section 15 of the Patents Act, 1970. The Appellant had filed an application for the patent bearing number 6570/DELNP/2009 on 14 October 2009. A request for examination of this application was filed by the Appellant on 17 March 2011. Thereafter, the examination of the application was conducted as per Section 12 and Section 13 of the Patents Act, 1970 by the Examiner. Subsequently, the First Examination Report was issued, to which the agent of the Applicant submitted a reply. Following this, the Examiner prepared a report on the reply put forward by the agent of the Applicant. It was observed that the Patent