1. The term of every patent starts from the date of filing of the patent application. 2. No suit or…

Section 53(1) of the Patents Act, 1970 fixes the term of every patent at twenty years "from the date of filing of the application", so Statement 1 is true. Section 45(3) provides that "no suit or other proceeding shall be commenced or prosecuted in respect of an infringement committed before the date of publication of the application", so Statement 2 is also true.