SAINT GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE vs ASSISTANT CONTROLLER OF PATENTS AND DESIGNS & ANR.

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 11.07.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 11.09.2025 C.A.(COMM.IPD-PAT) 13/2024 with I.A. 8216/2024 SAINT GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE .....Appellant Through: Mr. Hemant Singh, Ms. Mamta Rani Jha, Mr. Siddhant Sharma, Mr. Abhay Tandon and Mr. Shreyansh Gupta, Advocates. versus ASSISTANT CONTROLLER OF PATENTS AND DESIGNS & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Nishant Gautam with Mr. Vardhman Kaushik, Mr. Shaurya Mani Pandey and Mr. Prithvi Raj Dey, Advocates for R-1. Mr. Ranjan Narula, Advocate for R-2. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT BANSAL JUDGMENT AMIT BANSAL, J. 1. The present appeal has been filed under Section 117A of the Patents Act, 1970 (hereinafter ‘Act’) and is directed against the order dated 5th January, 2024 (hereinafter ‘impugned order’) passed by the Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (hereinafter ‘Controller’), whereby the Indian Patent Application No. 201717045317 titled ‘Material comprising a stack of thin layers’ (hereinafter ‘subject patent application’) has been refused. 2. The matter came up for the first time before the predecessor Bench of this Court on 11th April 2024. On the said date, the predecesso