TRIDENT LIMITED vs CONTROLLER OF PATENTS

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 24.11.2025 + C.A.(COMM.IPD-PAT) 162/2022 TRIDENT LIMITED .....Appellant versus CONTROLLER OF PATENTS .....Respondent Advocates who appeared in this case For the Appellant : Mr. Nitin Masilamani, Mr. Amritanshu Jha and Mr. Amit Singh, Advocates. For the Respondent : Ms. Rupali Bandhopadhya, Mr. Abhijeet Kumar and Ms. A. Gupta, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TEJAS KARIA ORDER % 11.08.2025 INTRODUCTION 1. The present Appeal has been filed against an order dated 05.01.2021 (“Impugned Order”) issued by the Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs, Delhi (“Respondent / Controller”) under Section 15 of the Patents Signature Not Verified Signed By:SWATI C.A.(COMM.IPD-PAT) 162/2022 Page 1 of 29 MAYEE SAHU Signing Date:26.11.2025 20:09:00 Act, 1970 (“Act”), in respect of Indian Patent Application No. 1867/DEL/2010 (“Subject Application”). FACTUAL MATRIX 2. The Appellant, Trident Limited, is a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 and is part of the Trident Group, a leading diversified group of businesses headquartered in Ludhiana, Punjab. The Appellant is a leading manufacturer of yarn, bath linen, bed linen, wheat straw-based paper chemicals, and captive power. The Appellant has state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Barnala, Punjab and Budni, Madhya Pradesh. 3. The Appellant filed an Application for the grant of Patent on 24.09.2010, by way of this Subject Application. The Application was originally titled “Air Rich Yarn and Fabric and its Method of Manufacturing”. 4. The Patent Office initiated examination of the Subject Application and issued a First Examination Report dated 21.06.2018 (“FER”). The Appellant submitted its response to the FER by way of a letter dated 20.12.2018 (“Re