A design patent protects new, original ornamental designs for manufactured articles (A), focuses solely on the appearance of an article rather than its structural or utilitarian features (B and C), and is valid for 14 years from the date of issuance (D). Therefore, all of these statements are correct.

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A Design Patent

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A design patent

A) protects new, original ornamental designs for manufactured articles.
B) protects only the appearance of an article.
C) does not protect an article's structure or utilitarian features.
D) is valid for 14 years from the date of issuance.
E) All of these are correct.

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