LAW OF PATENTS
1. Patents in India are governed by:
a) Patent Act, 1957
b) Patents Act, 1970
c) Patent Rules, 2000
d) TRIPS Agreement
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2. The object of patent law is to:
a) Protect ideas
b) Encourage inventions
c) Promote monopoly
d) Restrict trade
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3. A patent is granted for:
a) Discovery
b) Invention
c) Idea
d) Theory
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4. A patentable invention must be:
a) New
b) Useful
c) Involve inventive step
d) All of the above
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5. Which is NOT patentable under Section 3?
a) Process
b) Machine
c) Mathematical method
d) Manufacture
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6. Term of patent in India is:
a) 10 years
b) 14 years
c) 20 years
d) 25 years
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7. Patent term is calculated from:
a) Date of grant
b) Date of filing
c) Date of publication
d) Priority date
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8. Patents are granted by:
a) Central Government
b) Controller of Patents
c) High Court
d) Supreme Court
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9. Patent application is published after:
a) 6 months
b) 12 months
c) 18 months
d) 24 months
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10. Compulsory licensing is under:
a) Section 48
b) Section 83
c) Section 84
d) Section 92
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11. Patent rights are:
a) Absolute
b) Territorial
c) Universal
d) Perpetual
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12. Patent infringement is dealt under:
a) Section 47
b) Section 48
c) Section 104
d) Section 107
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13. Patent infringement is:
a) Criminal offence
b) Civil wrong
c) Both
d) Neither
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14. Burden of proof in process patent lies on:
a) Defendant
b) Plaintiff
c) Court
d) Government
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15. Which is NOT a defence in patent infringement?
a) Experimental use
b) Government use
c) Research use
d) Moral rights
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16. Evergreening is restricted under:
a) Section 3(d)
b) Section 10
c) Section 25
d) Section 48
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17. Patent opposition can be filed:
a) Only before grant
b) Only after grant
c) Both before and after grant
d) Only in High Court
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18. Who can apply for patent?
a) Inventor
b) Assignee
c) Legal representative
d) All of the above
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19. Patent specification must include:
a) Title
b) Claims
c) Description
d) All of the above
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20. Treaty related to patents is:
a) Berne Convention
b) Paris Convention
c) Rome Convention
d) Hague Convention
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21. Patent rights are exhausted after:
a) Manufacture
b) Sale
c) Registration
d) Licensing
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22. Revocation of patent is under:
a) Section 64
b) Section 84
c) Section 92
d) Section 104
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23. Patent infringement suit lies in:
b) High Court
a) District Court
c) Supreme Court
d) Any court
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24. Government use of patent is under:
a) Section 47
b) Section 100
c) Section 84
d) Section 48
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25. Patent is a:
a) Natural right
b) Legal right
c) Moral right
d) Fundamental right
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