A-Plus Health Has Come Up with a Previously Undiscovered Method

question 28

Multiple Choice

A-Plus Health has come up with a previously undiscovered method of bonding skin back together after it has been cut.The new method allows doctors to use a series of tape-like strips that serve to pull the skin together and hold it in place.An ordinary tape is used and the novelty is the method of cutting and applying the tape.The benefit to the invention of this new method of medical treatment, is that by using the tape, stitches are no longer necessary.Although the company cares about people's health, it also cares about its bottom line.It knows that if everyone discovers how the tape works, anyone would be able to manufacture this medical treatment.Which of the following is TRUE?

• A)A-Plus Health can patent the treatment so long as it is novel, ingenious, and useful.
• B)A-Plus Health can patent the treatment but will not be able to stop others from developing similar product lines.
• C)The treatment is unpatentable for public policy reasons.
• D)The treatment is unpatentable because all health-related inventions are unpatentable.
• E)The treatment is unpatentable because it is too abstract.

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