Patent Quiz

Use information about patents and information on the Frick Clock pages to answer these questions. Click on the button below when you are ready to see how you did. You can print out this page so you can write in your answers.

1. What type of property is protected by patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets?
2. How long will a patent give you the exclusive right to use, sell, and make an invention?
3. Which type of patent protects the way a thing works and is used?
4. Which type of patent protects the way something looks or its ornamental design?
5. Do you need a patent to sell an invention?
6. How old do you have to be to apply for and receive a patent?

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