Patents Represent

question 29

Multiple Choice

Patents represent:

• A) how R&D spending translates into new ideas.
• B) the rate of technological progress.
• C) the extent to which firms benefit from the results of their own R&D spending.
• D) the government standard that the innovator has to pass.
• E) the protection given to new products by the law.

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