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Patent Trivia Quiz Questions With Answers
What is a patent?
A: A patent is a form of intellectual property.
A patent gives its owner the right to do what?
A: Exclude others from making, using, selling, and importing an
invention for a limited period of
time, usually twenty years.
The patent rights are granted in exchange for what?
A: An enabling public disclosure of the invention.
People who are employed to do research are often obligated by their employment contracts to assign inventions to whom?
A: Their employer.
In most countries patent rights fall under civil
law and the patent holder needs to do what in order to enforce their rights?
A: Sue someone infringing the patent.
In some industries patents are an essential form of competitive advantage; in others they are what?
A: Irrelevant.