Which of the Following Is the Function of a Patent

question 62

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the function of a patent?

• A) A patent encourages more rapid technological diffusion by requiring the inventor to license the invention to anyone at no charge for three years.
• B) A patent allows the inventor to prevent others from making or selling an invention for a period of years to encourage innovation.
• C) A patent produces revenue for the federal government by giving the government a percentage of the licensing fees from new inventions.
• D) A patent prevents the inventor from licensing the invention to anyone for a period of 20 years to encourage the inventor to more thoroughly develop the idea.

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Definitions:

Depression

A common and serious mood disorder that negatively affects how a person feels, thinks, and handles daily activities.

Psychodynamic Theory

A theory of psychology that emphasizes systematic study of the psychological forces that underlie human behavior, feelings, and emotions and how they might relate to early experience.

Regression

An ego defense mechanism in which a person returns to a more primitive mode of interacting with the world.

Oral Stage

The earliest developmental stage in Freud’s conceptualization of psychosexual development, during which the infant’s main gratification comes from feeding and from the body parts involved in feeding.