Fraunhofer Gesellschaft loses India biomass patent fight over disclosure failures
By Freny Patel ( July 2, 2026, 06:29 GMT | Insight) -- Fraunhofer Gesellschaft lost its appeal against the rejection of an Indian patent application after the Calcutta High Court found insufficient disclosure and missing biological-origin information required under the Patents Act.Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, a German research institute, has lost its bid to patent a biomass growth method in India after the Calcutta High Court upheld the rejection of its application, finding that the invention failed to meet statutory disclosure requirements under the Patents Act....
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