A patent is granted to an invention if it meets the following criteria:
Novelty: The invention has to be new and cannot be a part of prior state of work, implying that it must not have been published, presented or revealed publicly.
Inventiveness: This is a feature of invention that involves the advancement of the existing knowledge or state or work that is strikingly evident to any person.
Utility: An invention must be applied to or applicable in industrial process.
Therefore, an invention that can be manufactured, used and reproduced is granted patentability.
There are three types of patents:
Utility patents: It is granted to anyone who invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof
Design patents: It is granted to anyone who invents a new, original, and ornamental design for an article of manufacture
Plant patents: It is granted to anyone who invents or discovers and asexually reproduces any distinct and new variety of plant
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