A ‘new’ variety of rice was patented by a foreign company through such varieties have been present in India for a long time. This is related to a. Lerma Rojo b. Sharbati Sonora c. Co-667 d. Basmati
Option D. The US government granted a patent for Indian Basmati to the company “Rice tech”. The government of India challenged on April 28 2001. Consequently United States Patent and Trademark Office sent a notice to rice tech for amendments in their claims and the patent was eventually cancelled
