Patent Drafting for Beginners: Week 1
Answers: Week 1 Assignment 1
Instructions
A. This Assignment is of 10 points. Each question is of 1 point.
B. All the questions are compulsory.
C. Questions 1-6 are Multiple Choice Questions with only one option correct
D. Questions 7-10 are Multiple Select Questions with more than one option
correct (At least two options are correct). Marks will only be awarded if all
the options are correct.
E. Students should read the questions very carefully before answering.
F. There is no negative marking.
1. Invention should manifest in
a) Both Product and Process
b) Only Product
c) Only Process
d) An artistic painting
Answer: a)
2. Invention advances
a) Technology
b) Technique
c) Method
d) Classification
Answer: a)
3. Which form of patent classification has wider application?
a) U.S. Patent Classification (USPC)
b) International Patent Classification (IPC)
c) European Classification System (ECLA)
d) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
Answer: b)
4. Which provision of Patent Act, 1970 describes Non-Patentable Inventions?
a) Section 5
b) Section 35
c) Section 3
d) Section 11
Answer: c)
5. Statement 1: Invention means a new product or process involving an inventive
step and capable of industrial application.
Statement 2: Invention is defined as something that comprises a technical
advance.
a) Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is false
b) Statement 1 is false, Statement 2 is true
c) Statements 1 and 2 are false
d) Statements 1 and 2 are true
Answer: d)
6. Statement 1: The mere discovery of a known substance which does not result in
the enhancement of the known efficacy of that substance are patentable.
Statement 2: Mere Admixture of substance resulting only in aggregation of the
properties are not patentable.
a) Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is false
b) Statement 1 is false, Statement 2 is true
c) Statements 1 and 2 are false
d) Statements 1 and 2 are true
Answer: b)
7. What are the invention patent criteria?
a) Novelty
b) Non-Obviousness
c) Utility
d) Commercial use
Answer: a), b), c)
8. Prior Art Search is used to determine
a) Novelty
b) Inventive step
c) Industrial application
d) Social significance
Answer: a), b), c)
9. Technical advance means
a) Process of invention, innovation
b) Diffusion of technology or processes
c) Prior art search
d) Patent description
Answer: a), b)
10. Which of these following statements are the requirements of a disclosure?
a) Fully and particularly describe the invention
b) Fully and particularly describe its operation / use
c) Fully and particularly describe the process involved
d) Disclose the best method of performance
Answer: a), b), c), d)
