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The first legislation in India relating to Patents was the Act VI of 1856. This legislation has : (i)…

Only statements (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct. Act VI of 1856 sought to promote useful inventions and encourage inventors to disclose them, and it was repealed by Act IX…

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The first legislation in India relating to Patents was the Act VI of 1856. This legislation has :
(i) objective to encourage inventions of new and useful manufactures
(ii) objective to induce inventors to disclose secret of their inventions
(iii) subsequently repealed by IX of 1857
(iv) based upon New York State Constitution of 1846

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Only statements (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct. Act VI of 1856 sought to promote useful inventions and encourage inventors to disclose them, and it was repealed by Act IX of 1857. The claimed basis in the New York State Constitution does not describe this legislation.

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