Marika Spends Her Days in the Lab Trying to Create

question 24

Multiple Choice

Marika spends her days in the lab trying to create new and useful inventions.She would like to protect her monopoly over her inventions but only has time to submit one patent application at this time.She would like your advice on which of her following creations is the most likely to be granted a patent in Canada?

• A)a specific species of mouse,which after years of investigation,she has identified as the most appropriate for diabetes research
• B)a new method for assembling mouse cages
• C)a "one-click" ordering system for buying mouse cages from her website
• D)computer software that she designed in order to keep her research notes organized
• E)a play she wrote

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