Under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act signed into law in 2011:
a. a patent will be awarded to the first inventor to file an application for the invention.
b. a patent will be awarded to the first person to create an invention.
c. patents granted after January 2012 may be renewed for one additional term.
d. the patent application process will be more complicated, but it will harmonize the U.S. system with systems commonly used in other countries with which the U.S. trades.
a
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The net income of a company for the year was $500,000. The company has no preferred stock. Common stockholders' equity was $1,200,000 at the beginning of the year and $2,300,000 at the end of the year. Calculate the rate of return on common stockholders' equity. (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
A) 21.74% B) 17.86% C) 41.67% D) 28.57%
France and the United States are signatories of the Berne Convention. Alain, a citizen of France, publishes a book first in France and then in the United States. Alain's copyright must be recognized by
A) France only B) France and the United States only. C) all of the signatories of the Berne Convention. D) none of the choices.
Robert S. Custer owns approximately 97 acres in Cumberland Valley Township, Bedford County, where he operates a nursery business. In March 2015, Custer purchased an electric generator for $1,500. Custer had the generator installed on a concrete pad near
his greenhouses and then had a steel shed type of enclosure installed around the pad and generator. The generator is bolted to the concrete to prevent vibrations and reduce noise. The generator is needed for back-up electricity for heating the greenhouses should an outage occur. Custer has run into financial difficulties and the bank is foreclosing on the land on which the nursery is located. Custer is vacating the premises and wants to take the generator with him. Is the generator a fixture or personal property?
When data points group together in a cluster from the lower left-hand side of the xy axis to the upper right-hand side, what is this?
a.Negative slope b.Positive slope c.Negative intercept d.Positive intercept