Question

If the U.S. Patent Office were to issue a patent for a new type of tomato that tastes like a jellybean, it would be issuing a _________ patent?
utility patent
plant patent
design patent
The U.S. Patent Office does not issue a patent for plants.

Answer 1

The correct answer is B. Plant patent

Explanation:

The U.S. Patent Office and Trademark Office is an agency that is in charge of issuing patents for new products, services, among others which means through this agency an inventor can guarantee its invention is credited to him and avoid others using it. Additionally, there are different types of patents that include utility patents that are patents issued for the invention of products or machines; design patents that are related to architectural design and similar and plant patents that are those given for the discovery or creation of new plants especially those that had been modified. This implies in the case of a new type of tomato that tastes like a jellybean te patent issued would be a Plant patent as this is the type of patent that addresses those new types of plants that are created by modifying existing plants.