Question

A 1995 patent, "use of turmeric in would healing" was cancelled in 1998 because :

• A. Turmeric does not have would healing property.
• B. Turmeric is expensive.
• C. The wound healing property of turmeric was known for generations in India (Traditional knowledge).
• D. None of these.

Answer 1

The correct option is C

The wound healing property of turmeric was known for generations in India (Traditional knowledge).

A 1995 patent, "use of turmeric in wound healing", was cancelled in 1998. Evidence established that use of turmeric to promote would healing had been known for generations in India, hence, it is not an invention.