Technological Inventions and Innovations

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

Match the following

• 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.

• Invention

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

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