In an article about the patents held by the Research Services Office at the University of British Columbia, it was written that none of the patents were there because someone set out to invent something new."If we knew what it was that creates innovation, we would all be millionaires ...it's chance, brilliance, an offhand remark...." We know that to obtain a patent we need to have created an "invention." Which of the following would most likely be a patentable invention?

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A new and useful machine is one of the core categories of patentable inventions as defined by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. This includes any physical device or apparatus that has a novel configuration or function.

In an Article About the Patents Held by the Research