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Phillip Morris Produts S A
Respondent / Defendant
Assistant Controller Of Patents And Design
Dispute Summary
Phillip Morris Produts S A filed an appeal challenging the Assistant Controller's refusal to grant a patent application. The Controller refused the grant on the ground that the invention related to tobacco use, which causes serious prejudice to human life or health, making it ineligible under Section 3(b) of the Patents Act, 1970.
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