DEEPAK NITRITE LIMITED vs THE ASSISTANT CONTROLLER GENERAL OF PATENTS AND DESIGNS

CNR No : HCBM020156342023 5-COMMP-107-2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION COMMERCIAL MISCELLANEOUS PETITION NO. 107 OF 2025 Deepak Nitrite Limited …Petitioner Versus The Assistant Controller General of Patents and Designs …Respondent _______ Mr. Hiren Kamod a/w. Mr. Priyank Gupta, Mr. Abhishek Shrivastava, Ms. Aditi Sharma, Mr. Rajspandan Nigam, Ms. Vithika Sharma, Mr. Deepak Pawar, Mr. Abhijeet Gidde, Ms. Sanika Gupte, Mr. Amey Kokare, Mr. harshit Bansal and Ms. Shravani Deshmukh for the Petitioner. Mr. Yashodeep Deshmukh a/w. Mr. Ashutosh Mishra, Mr. Rutwik Rao Vaidehi Deshmukh for the Respondent. _______ CORAM : ARIF DOCTOR, J. RESERVED ON : 8th MAY 2026 PRONOUNCED ON : 6th JULY 2026 JUDGMENT 1. The present Petition has been filed under the provisions of Section 117A of the Patents Act, 1970 (“the Patents Act”), and impugns an order dated 2nd March 2023 (“the Impugned Order”) passed by the Respondent, i.e., the Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs, Patent Office, Mumbai, refusing 1 Areeb 5-COMMP-107-2025 the Petitioner’s Patent Application No. 202021019409, titled "A Free- Flowing Food Grade Sodium Nitrite and Production Metho