COMPUTER ETHICS AND SECURITY
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND PRIVACY
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A literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work
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A scientific or mathematical discovery or theory
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A technological advancement
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Detailed explanation-1: -Patents may be granted for inventions in any field of technology, from an everyday kitchen utensil to a nanotechnology chip. An invention can be a product – such as a chemical compound, or a process, for example – or a process for producing a specific chemical compound.
Detailed explanation-2: -Nearly anything can be patented. Machines, medicines, computer programs, articles made by machines, compositions, chemicals, biogenetic materials, and processes, can all be the subject matter for a United States patent.
Detailed explanation-3: -Section 2(1)(ja) of the Indian Patents Act defines inventive step to be ‘’ a feature of an invention that involves a technical advancement as compared to the existing knowledge or having economic significance or both, and that makes the invention not obvious to a person skilled in the art”.