Patents stimulate innovation by

a. providing incentives to incur research and development costs
b. guaranteed profits for those who innovate
c. prosecuting anyone who purchases the good protected by the patent
d. providing tax breaks to investors
e. increasing the interest rate on borrowed funds


A

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