Glencoe Accounting

Chapter 28: Financial Statements and Liquidation of a Partnership

Extend: Matter of Ethics

Using Another Person's Idea

• The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office works to promote progress by securing for a limited time period an inventor's exclusive right to his or her discoveries.
• Use the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Web site at www.uspto.gov to research and answer the following questions:

• What can be patented?
• Who may apply for a patent?
• What is a trademark or service mark?
• What is a copyright, and what does it protect?