首页
登录
职称英语
When an invention is made, the inventor has three possible courses of action
When an invention is made, the inventor has three possible courses of action
游客
2024-03-12
6
管理
问题
When an invention is made, the inventor has three possible courses of action open to him: he can give the invention to the world by publishing it, keep the idea secret, or patent it.
A granted patent is the result of a bargain struck between an inventor and the state, by which the inventor gets a limited period of monopoly and publishes full details of his invention to the public after that period terminates.
Only under the most exceptional circumstances is the lifespan of a patent extended to alter this normal process of events.
The longest extension ever granted was to Georges Valensi; his 1939 patent for color TV receiver circuitry was extended until 1971 because for most of the patent’s normal life there was no color TV to receive and thus no hope of reward for the invention.
Because a patent remains permanently public after it has terminated, the shelves of the library attached to the patent office contain details of literally millions of ideas that are free for anyone to use and, if older than half a century, sometimes even re-patent; indeed, patent experts often advise anyone wishing to avoid the high cost of conducting a search through live patents that the one sure way of avoiding violation of any other inventor’s right is to plagiarize (抄袭) a dead patent. Likewise, because publication of an idea in any other form permanently invalidates further patents on that idea, it is traditionally safe to take ideas from other areas of print. Much modern technological advance is based on these presumptions of legal security.
Anyone closely involved in patents and inventions soon learns that most "new" ideas are, in fact, as old as the hills. It is their reduction to commercial practice, either through necessity or dedication, or through the availability of new technology, that makes news and money. The basic patent for the theory of magnetic recording dates back to 1886. Many of the original ideas behind television originate from the late 19th and early 20th century. Even the Volkswagen rear engine car was anticipated by a 1904 patent for a cart with the horse at the rear. [br] The word "anticipate" (Line 5, Para. 6) is closest in meaning to ______.
选项
A、predict
B、precede
C、expect
D、surpass
答案
B
解析
末段末句通过举例说明该段首句的观点:很多新的发明专利都基于一些旧的想法,由此可见,末句中主语所述的事件是后于宾语所述的事件,故anticipate应意为“先于,在……前(发生,出现)”,故选B。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3528804.html
相关试题推荐
Whenaninventionismade,theinventorhasthreepossiblecoursesofaction
Whenaninventionismade,theinventorhasthreepossiblecoursesofaction
Whenaninventionismade,theinventorhasthreepossiblecoursesofaction
Whenaninventionismade,theinventorhasthreepossiblecoursesofaction
Whenaninventionismade,theinventorhasthreepossiblecoursesofaction
Whenaninventionismade,theinventorhasthreepossiblecoursesofaction
Whenaninventionismade,theinventorhasthreepossiblecoursesofaction
Whenaninventionismade,theinventorhasthreepossiblecoursesofaction
Whenaninventionismade,theinventorhasthreepossiblecoursesofaction
Whenaninventionismade,theinventorhasthreepossiblecoursesofaction
随机试题
[originaltext]TheUnitedStatesisprimarilyanEnglishspeakingcountry.T
HowAdvertisementIsDone?A)Whenwechooseawordwedomorethangive
发生妊娠呕吐,最可能的原因是()A.精神因素 B.雌激素增加 C.维生
男,35岁,因发热,咳嗽、头痛、腰痛4天,体温在39~40℃。查体:面部潮红,眼
银监会根据()授权,负责对全国银行业金融机构及其业务活动监督管理工作。A:国务
为了深入学习贯彻习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想,加强党员教育管理工作,提高党员
不得作为竞争性费用的有()。A.税金 B.规费 C.环境保护费 D.
根据IS09000:2015标准的术语定义:“由组织的最高管理者正式发布的该组织
可燃性气体浓度达到爆炸极限,遇到足够能量的火源会发生混合气体爆炸。可燃气体爆炸过
广泛性焦虑障碍治疗不正确的是A、广泛性焦虑障碍的治疗主要包括心理治疗和药物治疗
最新回复
(
0
)