Madras High Court Directs Patent Office To Consider Demonstration Of Rejected Invention

The Madras High Court has directed the Patent Office to allow an inventor to demonstrate a working prototype of his invention, observing that an invention should not be allowed to go to waste without practical testing.

The case arose from the rejection of a patent application titled “Solar Supplemental Power Source” under Section 3(a) of the Patents Act, on the ground that it was frivolous and contrary to established natural laws.

The invention claimed to generate electricity without sunlight by using gravitational and buoyant forces.

While finding no apparent error in the rejection, the Court directed the Patent Office to allow the demonstration and decide thereafter.

[Kannan Gopalakrishnan v. Controller of Patents]