PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE vs CONTROLLER GENERAL OF PATENTS DESIGNS AND TRADEMARKS

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 28.03.2026 + C.A.(COMM.IPD-PAT) 493/2022 PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE .....Appellant versus CONTROLLER GENERAL OF PATENTS DESIGNS AND TRADEMARKS .....Respondent Advocates who appeared in this case For the Appellant : Dr. Satyapal Arora, Mr. Ashish Sharma, Mr. Kuldeep Kumar Singh & Mr. Nitin Sharma, Advocates. For the Respondent : Mr. Balendu Shekhar, CGSC with Mr. Krishna Chaitanya, Mr. Rajkumar Maurya, Mr. Divyansh Singh Dev and Ms. Tanisha Samanta, Advocates. Dr. Bhanumathi R, Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs (through VC). CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TEJAS KARIA JUDGMENT TEJAS KARIA, J INTRODUCTION 1. This is an Appeal under Section 117 of the Patents Act, 1970 (“Act”) read with Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 filed against the Signature Not Verified C.A.(COMM.IPD-PAT) 493/2022 Page 1 of 26 Signed By:NEELAM SHARMA Signing Date:30.03.2026 17:52:11 order dated 25.08.2022 (“Impugned Order”) passed by the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (“Respondent / Controller”) whereby the learned Controller refused the grant of patent vide Patent Application No. 201617000758 titled as “SC-β CELLS AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING THE SAME” dated 08.01.2016 (“Subject Application”). FACTUAL MATRIX 2. On 11.06.2013, the Appellant filed the First Priority Application corresponding to the Subject Application vide Application No. US 61/833,898. On 28.03.2014, the Appellant filed the Second Priority Application corresponding to the Subject Application vide Application No. US 61/972,272. On 11.06.2014, the Appellant filed the Patent Cooperation Treaty Application corresponding to the Subject Application vide Application No. PCT/US2014/041992 (“PCT Application