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lindiwe

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If an invention was patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country or in public use of no sale in the country more than one year prior to the application for patent in the United States then:
 a. the invention can only be patented for 10 years b. the invention can only be patented for 5 years
  c. the invention cannot be patented without a 5 year grace period d. the invention can only be patented in some states
  e. none of the other choices are correct

Question 2

The tort crisis in the U.S.:
 a. punishes American companies but not foreign firms that sell in the U.S. b. keeps jumping in costs annually
  c. has seen a rise in bad-quality expert testimony
  d. has caused the bankruptcy of 15 of the largest 100 firms in the U.S. in the past decade e. none of the other choices



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Answer to Question 1

e

Answer to Question 2

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