A Design Patent

question 25

Multiple Choice

A design patent:

• A) has a duration of 14 years.
• B) protects the ornamental designs for manufactured products.
• C) requires a showing of novelty,ornamentality,and nonobviousness.
• D) All of these.

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Definitions:

Natural Contexts

Environments or situations that occur naturally, without human intervention, allowing for the observation of behaviors and phenomena in their true form.

Double-Blind

An experimental procedure in which neither the participants nor the experimenters know who is receiving a particular treatment, to prevent bias.

Correlational

A research method that examines the relationship between two or more variables to determine if a change in one variable is associated with a change in another.

Observational

Relating to the method of gaining knowledge by watching and analyzing behaviors without intervening or altering the situation.