Section 2(1)(j) Patents Act 1970 defines 'invention' as:
Aa new product or process involving an inventive step and capable of industrial application
Bany new or improved method of conducting business or trade activity in India
Cany mathematical formula or scientific principle, however abstract or theoretical
Dany aesthetic design or visual appearance of an article that is novel in nature
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. a new product or process involving an inventive step and capable of industrial application
1. Section 2(1)(j) Patents Act 1970: 'invention' means a new product or process involving an inventive step and capable of industrial application.
2. Section 2(1)(ja) defines 'inventive step' as a feature of an invention that involves technical advance or economic significance or both, and that makes the invention not obvious to a person skilled in the art.
3. Section 2(1)(ac) defines 'capable of industrial application' as susceptible to being made or used in an industry.
4. Methods of business, mathematical formulae and aesthetic designs are excluded by Section 3.
5. Hence option B is the verbatim statutory definition.
_Source: Patents Act 1970 / Copyright Act 1957 / Trade Marks Act 1999 (Bare Acts, IPIndia portal + Copyright Office) — Patents Act 1970, Section 2(1)(j)_
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