I have a legal question that I need to answer. Under the TRIPS law, a patent, once given by a member state, is secured for 20 years. However, there a

it looks like you never completed your question, but the first part of your post is incorrect. TRIPS is an international agreement not a law, and patents run generally, but not always, 20 years from the filing date, not the issue date; however, there are circumstances where the term in the US can be longer or shorter than that.