ISSUE:
Whether the process of modification of whitening of almonds by Plaintiff was an invention?
RULE:
Sub-section (e) of Section 3 provides that, 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 is not considered as an invention unless the functional interaction between the features of the components achieves a combined technical effect which is greater than the sum of the technical effects of the individual features.