Question 1
Under section 2 of the Canadian Patent Act, which of the following is the correct statutory definition of an "invention"?
Correct Answer:
Any new and useful art, process, machine, manufacture or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof
Question 2
In Harvard College v. Canada (Commissioner of Patents), 2002 SCC 76, the Supreme Court of Canada held that a genetically modified mouse (the "oncomouse") was:
Correct Answer:
Not patentable subject matter because a higher life form is neither a "manufacture" nor a "composition of matter"
Question 3
Which provision of the Patent Act codifies the novelty (anticipation) requirement for the subject matter of a claim?
Correct Answer:
Section 28.2
Question 4
Canada provides a grace period for an applicant's own pre-filing disclosures. Under paragraph 28.2(1)(a), disclosures derived from the applicant do NOT anticipate a claim if made within what period before the filing date?
Correct Answer:
Twelve months
Question 5
The obviousness (non-obviousness) requirement is assessed under section 28.3 from the perspective of:
Correct Answer:
A person skilled in the art or science to which the subject matter relates
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