Patent Trivia

Questions:
1.  True or False: the term "patent pending" legally prevents people from claiming your invention as their own?

2.  Which invention is Canadian? 

a) insulin 

b) the zipper 

c) the light bulb  

d) all of the above

3.  What percentage of patents do you think are improvements to previous inventions?   


4.  Who said "The Patent System added fuel of interest to the fire of genius?" 


5.  True or False--The patent system in Canada is a “first to file” system?

Answers: 
1.  False, 2.  d, 3.  90, 4.  Abraham Lincoln, 5.  True