In 2009, melissa developed a hydrogen-powered engine for a car while working in her garage in her spare time. melissa installed the engine in a small car that she has been driving around town. in 2012, engineers working for ford motor co. independently developed an identical hydrogen powered engine. after completing tests on the engine for two years, ford filed a patent for the engine on march 1, 2014. onmarch 2, 2014, melissa also filed for a patent for her engine. assuming the engine satisfies all of the requirements for a patent, who is entitled to the patent?

a. ford, if ford is the first to sell the engine.
b. ford, because ford was the first to file for the patent.
c. melissa, because melissa was the first to invent the engine and put it into practice.
d. both melissa and ford must share in the patent rights.

Sam robinson borrowed $21,000 from a friend and promised to pay the loan in 10 equal annual installments beginning one year from the date of the loan. sam’s friend would like to be reimbursed for the time value of money at a 9% annual rate. what is the annual payment sam must make to pay back his friend?

Upscale hotels in the united states recently cut their prices by 20 percent in an effort to bolster dwindling occupancy rates among business travelers. a survey performed by a major research organization indicated that businesses are wary of current economic conditions and are now resorting to electronic media, such as the internet and the telephone, to transact business. assume a company's budget permits it to spend $5,000 per month on either business travel or electronic media to transact business. graphically illustrate how a 20 percent decline in the price of business travel would impact this company's budget set if the price of business travel was initially $1,000 per trip and the price of electronic media was $500 per hour. suppose that, after the price of business travel drops, the company issues a report indicating that its marginal rate of substitution between electronic media and business travel is 1. is the company allocating resources efficiently? explain.

Why should you not sign the tenant landlord agreement quickly and immediately