Dow Global Technologies LLC is a well-known American multinational that ventures into the development and manufacture of Chemicals. It is situated in Midland, Michigan, United States. The company ranks as highest among the top three chemical manufacturers in the world. On the other hand, Rohm and Haas Company is a mass producer of chemicals such as acrylic polymers, adhesives, sealants, coatings, cement, polymers, monomers, plastic additives, electronic materials, binders, and plastic.
In India, the Chemical business of Dow Global Technologies LLC is focused on Molded articles and methods thereof, Composition, injection-molded article made therefrom and process to make an injection molded article, Silicone-polyether copolymer, the isocyanate-functional silicone-polyether copolymer formed therewith, silicone-polyether-urethane copolymer, sealants comprising same, and related methods and Die assembly for producing a film.
Dow Global Technologies LLC filed a patent application numbered 201717009477 that is titled as WATER TREATMENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE. The patent has been filed in the field of Chemicals. This Patent Application has been granted as Patent Number 347576.
The invention covers a water treatment composition comprising an anionic flocculant containing an Alkali Swellable Emulsion (ASE) and a cationic flocculant comprising an aluminum-containing compound, and a copolymer of acrylamide and a cationic monomer and mixtures thereof.
During the patent examination, the patent examiner raised objections under Section 3(e) of the Indian Patents Act, it pointed out that in the absence of a synergistic effect, the claimed composition gives the impression that it was achieved by a mere admixture resulting only in an aggregation of the properties of the components without any synergistic effect.
As a response, the Applicant submitted that the claimed composition is synergistic and therefore cannot be considered to be a substance obtained by a mere admixture resulting only in the aggregation of the properties of the components thereof or a process for producing such substance within the meaning of Section 3 (e) of the Act.
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