It prevents competitors from legally imitating a product for a period of time.
The Department of Energy offers programs and incentives to businesses for research and new product development.
The Department of Energy offers programs and incentives to businesses for research and new product development.
by controlling the businesses at each phrase of a product development
Businesses in a product market recive revenue from households to pay for the labor that they are using, and in factor markets businesses buy land etc. from households. This keeps the money flowing in the market economy.
They are a country's economy... go figure. =-)
subsidies
Google Patents is a good source to see how many product patents there are. It is also a good source to apply for one.
vertical intergration
they serve an important purpose in the economy, the economy needs the entrepreneurs to sell various products, but the entrepreneur needs consumers to buy that particular product
combines different businesses involved in all phases of a product’s development
By controlling the business at each phase of a product's development, vertical integration allowed a business to reduce costs.
He gained control of the businesses performing each phase of a product's development.