The most common type of patent,awarded for inventions or improvements to methods,processes,machinery,and compositions of matter is an):
A)copyright.
B)utility patent.
C)license.
D)design patent.
E)plant patent.

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The most common type of patent is a utility patent, which is awarded for inventions or improvements to methods, processes, machinery, and compositions of matter. Copyrights are awarded for original works of authorship, licenses are legal permissions to use a product or service, design patents are for new, original and ornamental designs for an article of manufacture, and plant patents are for asexually reproduced new varieties of plants.

The Most Common Type of Patent,awarded for Inventions or Improvements