MCQ IN COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

Detailed explanation-1: -What is a patent? A patent is the exclusive intellectual property right to an invention of a technical product or process.

Detailed explanation-2: -A patent is an exclusive right granted for an invention. Generally speaking, a patent provides the patent owner with the right to decide how-or whether-the invention can be used by others.

Detailed explanation-3: -Intellectual property rights (IPR) refers to the legal rights given to the inventor or creator to protect his invention or creation for a certain period of time.[1] These legal rights confer an exclusive right to the inventor/creator or his assignee to fully utilize his invention/creation for a given period of time.

Detailed explanation-4: -Patent protection is granted for an invention, a product, or a process, which brings a new technical solution. The invention, which is to be protected by a patent, must be new, useful, functional, and innovative, i.e., solution, for which the patent protection is sought, should not be an obvious one.

Detailed explanation-5: -A patent protects an invention by allowing its inventor-or the group who owns the patent-control over who may use the invention. Patent applications are adjudicated by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and are valid for 20 years. An assignee is a person or group who owns a patent.