NAVYA NETWORK INC vs ASSISTANT CONTROLLER OF PATENTS AND DESIGNS Advocate - Ashutosh Misra — COMMP/24/2026

Case under Patents Act Section 117A. Disposed: Contested--DISPOSED OFF on 15th April 2026.

Case disposed

CNR: HCBM020153272025

e-Filing Number

10-05-2025

Filing Number

COMMP/15327/2025

Filing Date

13-May-2025

Registration No

COMMP/24/2026

Registration Date

27-Apr-2026

Judge

Hon'ble Justice Shri Arif S. Doctor

Coram

Hon'ble Justice Shri Arif S. Doctor

Bench Type

Single

Category

MERCANTILE LAWS COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS , BANKS ( 28 )

Sub-Category

PATENTS ( 16 )

Judicial Branch

Original

Decision Date

15-Apr-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--DISPOSED OFF

Last updated 25-May-2026

Acts & Sections

Patents Act Section 117A

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.NAVYA NETWORK INC

    Adv. SONAL DOSHI AND CO

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.ASSISTANT CONTROLLER OF PATENTS AND DESIGNS Advocate - Ashutosh Misra

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 15-Apr-2026

    Hon'ble Justice Shri Arif S. DoctorView PDF

    Summary The Bombay High Court set aside the Patent Office's rejection of Navya Network Inc.'s "Medical Research Retrieval Engine" patent application and remanded it for reconsideration. The court found the rejection order suffered from procedural defects: (1) it lacked detailed reasoning comparing the claimed invention to prior art documents, failing to follow the established five-step inventive step test; (2) it introduced new grounds regarding "self-learned ontology" not communicated in the hearing notice, violating natural justice principles; and (3) it required fresh examination of whether the invention demonstrates technical effect under Section 3(k) of the Patents Act, as the current reasoning was insufficient. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 16-Mar-2026

    Hon'ble Justice Shri Arif S. DoctorView PDF

  4. 16-Mar-2026

    Due Matters - Adjourned OS

    Hon'ble Justice Shri Arif S. Doctor

  5. 07-Mar-2026

    Hon'ble Justice Shri Arif S. DoctorView PDF

  6. 07-Mar-2026

    Due Matters - Adjourned OS

    Hon'ble Justice Shri Arif S. Doctor

  7. 24-Feb-2026

    Hon'ble Justice Shri Arif S. DoctorView PDF

  8. 24-Feb-2026

    Due Matters - Adjourned OS

    Hon'ble Justice Shri Arif S. Doctor

  9. 10-Feb-2026

    Hon'ble Justice Shri Arif S. DoctorView PDF

  10. 10-Feb-2026

    Due Matters - Adjourned OS

    Hon'ble Justice Shri Arif S. Doctor

  11. 09-Dec-2025

    Hon'ble Justice Shri Arif S. DoctorView PDF

  12. 09-Dec-2025

    For Circulation

    Hon'ble Justice Shri Arif S. Doctor

  13. 11-Nov-2025

    Hon'ble Justice Shri Arif S. DoctorView PDF

  14. 10-Sep-2025

    Due Matters - Adjourned OS

    Hon'ble Justice Sharmila U. Deshmukh

  15. 22-Jul-2025

    Hon'ble Justice Sharmila U. DeshmukhView PDF

  16. 22-Jul-2025

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  17. 01-Jul-2025

    Hon'ble Justice Sharmila U. DeshmukhView PDF

  18. 13-May-2025

    Case filed

    Registration No. COMMP/24/2026

casestatus.in Summary

Summary The Bombay High Court set aside the Patent Office's rejection of Navya Network Inc.'s "Medical Research Retrieval Engine" patent application and remanded it for reconsideration. The court found the rejection order suffered from procedural defects: (1) it lacked detailed reasoning comparing the claimed invention to prior art documents, failing to follow the established five-step inventive step test; (2) it introduced new grounds regarding "self-learned ontology" not communicated in the hearing notice, violating natural justice principles; and (3) it required fresh examination of whether the invention demonstrates technical effect under Section 3(k) of the Patents Act, as the current reasoning was insufficient. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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