Question

The term of a patent granted under Indian Patent’s Act is:

• A. 20 Years
• B. 10 Years
• C. 30 Years
• D. 40 Years

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

The correct option is (A): 20 Years.

Answer 2

The Indian Patents Act, 1970 (as amended) fixes a single term for the life of a patent regardless of the field of invention. Checking each option against this statutory provision:

1. 20 Years: Under Section 53 of the Indian Patents Act, every patent granted after the 2005 amendment, covering products and processes alike, remains in force for a term of twenty years from the date of filing of the application. This matches the statutory term exactly.
2. 10 Years: No provision of the Act sets a ten-year term for a patent; this figure does not correspond to any patent-related timeline under the Act.
3. 30 Years: This exceeds the term fixed by the Act; a thirty-year monopoly would go well beyond the twenty-year balance the Act strikes between rewarding an inventor and eventually allowing public access.
4. 40 Years: This is also far longer than what Indian patent law permits and does not correspond to any recognised patent term.

Only the twenty-year term is consistent with the statutory duration prescribed under the Indian Patents Act.

Therefore, the correct answer is 20 Years.