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" 305 CONCEPT OF NOVELTY IN PATENTING SYSTEM M. Haseeb Javaid Advocate, Lahore   Published in: Corporate Law Decisions Year of Publication: 2011 Suggested Citation: 2011 CLD Journal Section p.1 A patent is a monopoly right granted to a person who has invented a new and useful article or an improvement of an existing article or a new process of making an article. It consists of an exclusive right to manufacture the new article invented or manufacture an article according to the invented process, for a limited period. [1] Patent is not a new concept and it has its roots deep in centuries. Constitution of America, which was enacted in 1787, was the first supreme legislation in this world, which had incorporated the rights of authors, and inventors in its body ensuring sufficient protection for the writings and discoveries as basic constitutional protection. A patent is an exclusive right granted for an invention, which is a product or a process that provides, in general, a new way of doing something, or offers a new technical solution to a problem. It is granted in form of a document, issued, upon application, (Cit. p.2) by a government office, which describes an invention and creates a legal situation in which the patented invention can normally only be exploited (manufactured, used, sold, imported) with the authorization of the owner of the patent. The patent is a safe method for protection of an invention for its being copied by the general public, for a limited time. In order to be patentable, the invention must fulfil certain conditions:-- .....Patents shall be available for any inventions, whether products or processes, in all fields of technology, provided that they are new, involve an inventive step and are capable of industrial application. [2] Being…