Patents - Fundamentals of Industrial Chemistry: Pharmaceuticals, Polymers, and Business - page 45

c. 10 years from the date the patent is issued
d. 20 years from the date the patent application is filed
e. for the lifetime of the inventor
6. Which of the following is a requirement for patentability in the U.S.
Patent Office. (indicate all that apply)
a. must be commercially viable
b. must be useful
c. must be clever
d. must be non-obvious to one skilled in the art
7. Milton, MA, the birthplace of Buckminster Fuller, is a small town of
about 27,000 outside of Boston. Do a quick search and see how many U.S.
patents have issued since 1976 with at least one inventor from Milton,
MA.
a. none
b. 27
c. almost 500
d. more than 700
e. more than 1,500
8. How many patents issued since 1976 are assigned to Pfizer where the
inventor has the name Adams?
9. How many patents issued since 1976 have the term “fishing” and the
inventor is from the city of Wilmington (note: searching like this includes
inventors from any Wilmington such as Wilmington, NC, Wilmington,
DE, Wilmington, MA, etcetera)?
a. none
b. 7
c. 17
d. more than 50
e. more than 100
10. How many patents, issued to Pfizer, have the term, “indole” in the title of
the patent?
a. none
b. 7
c. almost 30
d. more than 50
e. more than 85