Patent granted in India to INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH (ICMR)
Patent number 371495 has been granted to INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH (ICMR) that is titled RNAI AGENT FOR INHIBITION OF CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS. During the patent prosecution, the patent examiner objected to this patent under section 3(d) of the Indian Patents Act. The patent applicant responded to this objection by stating that changing even a base pair or one amino acid by human intervention results in a new form which is novel and not be so called ‘new form’ as described under section 3(d) of the Patents Act. This patent falls under the category of Biotechnology. Overall, this patent covers the RNAi agent for inhibition of chikungunya virus in eukaryotes.
