To grant a patent for a product, thereby entitling its inventor to control its use, patent officials must judge that the product contains an innovation that would not be obvious to experts in the relevant field. There are many fields in which no patent official is expert, so almost certainly many patents are being granted for products that in fact contain no such innovation.
The argument relies on which of the following assumptions?
A. Products are never invented by people who are not experts in the relevant field.
B. Few experts in a field invent products that contain innovations that are obvious.
C. Most experts would prefer to work in their own fields than in the patent office.
D. Most new products contain innovations that are not obvious to experts in the relevant field.
E. Patents are not customarily granted on the basis of advice from experts outside the patentoffice.
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The argument relies on which of the following assumptions?
A. Products are never invented by people who are not experts in the relevant field.
B. Few experts in a field invent products that contain innovations that are obvious.
C. Most experts would prefer to work in their own fields than in the patent office.
D. Most new products contain innovations that are not obvious to experts in the relevant field.
E. Patents are not customarily granted on the basis of advice from experts outside the patentoffice.
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Statistics : Posted by Bunuel • on 09 Mar 2024, 10:11 • Replies 0 • Views 88
