Monsanto's NutraSweet artificial sweetener,Pfizer's Viagra,and Pilkington's float glass process are innovations that are examples of:
A)Weak regimes of appropriability because the innovations could not be patented
B)Strong regimes of appropriability because of the effectiveness of patent protection
C)Strong regimes of appropriability because the innovators possessed strong complementary resources
D)Network externalities leading to a winner-take-all market

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NutraSweet, Viagra, and float glass process were all successfully patented, making their regimes of appropriability strong. This allowed their respective companies (Monsanto, Pfizer, and Pilkington) to have exclusive rights to their innovations and prevent others from copying or using them without permission.

Monsanto's NutraSweet Artificial Sweetener,Pfizer's Viagra,and Pilkington's Float Glass Process Are