A grant of a property right for a new machine, process, utile composition of matter or manufacture is called what?

• A. Copyright
• B. Design patent
• C. Trademark
• D. Utility patent

Answer: (D)

The concept being tested is how patents are categorized by what they protect. A utility patent covers new and useful machines, processes, compositions of matter, or any new and useful improvements of those things. It specifically guards the functional aspects—how something works or is made—so the described grant fits as a utility patent.

Design patents, in contrast, protect the ornamental design of a functional item, not its function. Trademarks protect brand identifiers like names, logos, and slogans. Copyright protects original works of authorship such as writings, art, or music, not inventions or functional features.