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Patent

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Untill the advent of TRIPS, the major international agreement over patents was?

a)

Paris Convention

b)

Berne Convention

c)

Rome Convention

d)

Treaty on Integrated Circuit

2.

AN exclusive right granted for an invention, which is a product or a process that provides a new way of doing something.

a)

Copyright

b)

Trademark

c)

Copyleft

d)

Patent

3.

An iterative process by which prior inventions are examined

a)

library search

b)

online search

c)

patent search

d)

novelty search

4.

What is the purpose of a patent?

a)

To make money

b)

To encourage sharing of ideas and collaboration

c)

To keep ideas secret

5.

According to patent law, in order for a patent to be protected, the subject matter must be

a)

electronic

b)

useful

c)

expensive

d)

made in the USA

6.

What is the term length on a typical patent?

a)

1-5 years

b)

5-10 years

c)

10-15 years

d)

15-20 years

7.

You need a working prototype in order for a patent to be accepted.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

According to patent law, in order for a patent to be protected, the subject matter must be

a)

electronic

b)

useful

c)

expensive

d)

made in the USA

9.
What is a legal protection that gives someone the ownership of a product idea
a)
Invention
b)
Breakthrough
c)
Patent
d)
Contract
10.
What is a person called that creates something?
a)
A master
b)
An inventor 
c)
A scientist
d)
A mastermind
11.
Who invented the phonograph?
a)
George Eastman
b)
Henry Ford
c)
Alexander Graham Bell
d)
Thomas Edison
12.
What is an invention?
a)
the creation of something that did not exist previously
b)
using new methods to do something
c)
a new product or service that is based off another one
d)
a person that creates something
13.
Who created the telephone?
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Henry Ford
c)
Alexander Graham Bell
d)
George Eastman