Technological Inventions and Innovations

Most technological development has been ____________, the result of a series of refinements to a basic invention.

Match the following

• Invention

• A property right granted by the government that allows the inventor to prohibit others from making, using, or selling their idea.

• Patent

• Introducing new idea/methods to an established process, tool, machine, etc. to produce marketable products

• Innovation

• Developing new/useful process, tool, machine, etc., that did not exist previously.

The first to invent rule for patents applied to patents filed when?

• Before March 16, 1993

• Before March 16, 2013

• After March 16, 1993

• After March 16, 2013

The first inventor to file rule for patents applied to patents filed when?

• Before March 16, 1993

• Before March 16, 2013

• After March 16, 1993

• After March 16, 2013

Which patent rule granted patent rights to the first person who documents the idea and works diligently to create a working model?

• The first to consider rule.

• The first inventor to file rule.

• The first to invent rule.

• The first develop rule.

Which patent rule granted patent rights to the first person who files for a patent on an idea?

• The first to consider rule.

• The first inventor to file rule.

• The first to invent rule.

• The first develop rule.

The first iPhone is an example of an _______________.

• Invention

• Innovation

A 2023 Ford Mustang is an example of an _______________.

• Invention

• Innovation