RESEARCH ETHICS
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND PATENT LAW
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Patents: Make Sure Your Idea is Useful, Novel, and Non-Obvious. In order for a patent claim to be valid, it must propose a concept, idea, or item that is useful, novel, and non-obvious.
Detailed explanation-2: -The United States Patent Office (USPTO) grants patents to inventions that meet three main criteria. The invention must be novel, nonobvious, and useful. To be novel, an invention must be substantially different from anything else that is public knowledge.
Detailed explanation-3: -A new invention needs to be unexpected or surprising and cannot be anticipated by looking at the existing technology or prior art. If an invention is non-obvious, then it cannot be disqualified by obviousness from being patentable.
Detailed explanation-4: -Nonobviousness is one of the requirements for obtaining a patent. A supposed invention is usually obvious if someone of ordinary skill in a relevant field could easily make the invention based on prior art. See 35 U.S.C. ยง 103(a).