Question

Patents ______.

1. grant an inventor the right to exclude others from making, using, selling, offering to sell, and importing an invention for a limited period of time, in exchange for the public disclosure of the invention.
2. give the creator of the original work exclusive rights, usually for a limited period.
3. are a recognizable sign, design or expression which distinguishes products or services of a particular trade from the similar products or services of other traders.
4. protect the visual design of objects that are not purely utilitarian. It can be a two or three dimensional pattern used to produce a product.

Choose the correct option from the following:

Options

• (i) only

• (i) and (ii)

• (iii) and (iv)

• (ii) and (iii)

Answer 1

(i) only

Explanation:

Patents grant an inventor the right to exclude others from making, using, selling, offering to sell, and importing an invention for a limited period of time, in exchange for the public disclosure of the invention.