Guardian Industries began as the Guardian Glass Company in 1932. Today, Guardian Industries Corp. is a diversified global manufacturing company headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan, with leading positions in float glass and fabricated glass products for commercial, residential purposes.
In India, the Pharmaceutical business of Guardian Industries Corp. is focused on Touch Panels, Low Emissivity Glass, Articles of Infrared Reflecting Layer, Heatable Lens for Luminaries, Low Emissivity Glass with a lower Ternary Alloy and Static Plasma Grid Evacuation Techniques.
Guardian Industries Corp. has filed a patent application in India with application number as 7016/DELNP/2014 that is titled as COATED ARTICLE INCLUDING A LAYER SYSTEM. This patent application has been granted as Patent Number 314434.
The invention covers chemical compounds. A coated article is provided so as to include a low emissivity coating having an infrared (IR) reflecting layer sandwiched between at least a pair of dielectric layers. The IR reflecting layer may be of or include a material such as silver (Ag), and is provided between a pair of contact layers.
During patent examination, the patent examiner raised objections under Section 3(d) of the Indian Patents Act, wherein the examiner stated that the claimed invention is merely a known process and hence cannot be patented within the scope of the Act.
As a response to said objection, the applicant responded by submitting technical and scientific arguments by bringing the differentiation and novelty factor. This has been stated by showing advantages and better performance of the invention in comparison to the cited prior art.
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