Read the given below two statements and mark the correct answer.

Assertion (A):  A ‘patent’ is an exclusive right granted by the Government which provides the exclusive ‘right to exclude’ all others and prevent them from making, using, offering for sale, selling or importing the invention.
Reason (R) : A ‘design’ includes shape, pattern, and arrangement of lines or colour combination that is applied to any article.

Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).

The correct answer is option 2- Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).

Assertion (A):  A ‘patent’ is an exclusive right granted by the Government which provides the exclusive ‘right to exclude’ all others and prevent them from making, using, offering for sale, selling or importing the invention. THIS IS TRUE.
Reason (R) : A ‘design’ includes shape, pattern, and arrangement of lines or colour combination that is applied to any article. THIS IS TRUE.

Both statements are true but both are not related with each other. Assertion defines the patent whereas reason describes the design. Both are intellectual property.

* A ‘design’ includes shape, pattern, and arrangement of lines or colour combination that is applied to any article. It is a protection given to aesthetic appearance or eye-catching features. The term of protection of a design is valid for 10 years, which can be renewed for further 5 years after expiration of this term, during which a registered design can only be used after getting a license from its owner and once the validity period is over, the design is in public domain.

* A patent is a type of IPR which protects the scientific inventions (products and or process) which shows technical advancement over the already known products. A ‘patent’ is an exclusive right granted by the Government which provides the exclusive ‘right to exclude’ all others and prevent them from making, using, offering for sale, selling or importing the invention. For an invention to be patentable, it must be new, non-obvious to any person who is skilled in the relevant field of technology and must be capable of industrial application.