The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) is responsible for the administ
ID: 1171927 • Letter: T
Question
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) is responsible for the administration and processing of the greater part of intellectual property (IP) in Canada. CIPO's areas of activity include trademarks, patents, copyright, industrial designs and integrated circuit topographies. Patents apply to newly developed technology as well as to improvements on products or processes. Identify the FALSE statement concerning patents:
Select one:
a. In Canada, more than 90 percent of patent applications are filed with an agent's support.
b. to be eligible for patent protection, your invention must be new (first in the world), useful (functional and operative) and inventive (showing ingenuity and not obvious to someone of average skill who works in the field of your invention).
c. The invention cannot be a composition, such as a chemical composition used in lubricants for door locks.
d. The invention can be a machine, such as a machine for making door locks.
Explanation / Answer
Among the given 4 options, the option that is a false statement is option c. A patent can be for an invention in a product, process, machine, composition and any improvement over these. But option c states that the invention cannot be a composition such as a chemical composition used in lubricants for door locks, which is a false statement. Thus, the answer is option c.