What is a patent?

Here are the questions to be answered:

-What is a patent?
-What were Edison’s most famous patents?
-The electric vote-recording machine was Edison’s fast “legitimate” invention. Why did it turn out to be a disaster? Discuss how market forces are important for engineering inventors.
-Describe the legal struggle Edison had with the filament incandescent light bulb patent.
-Why is it more difficult to publish a patent than a journal paper? Compare the commercial value of a patent and a top ranked journal paper.
-Describe Edison’s life history and his contributions to engineering innovations.
-Discuss the competition Edison faced with the filament incandescent light bulb patent.
-Describe how Edison ran his experimental facilities in the tiny village of Menlo Park.
-Why did Edison’s low voltage DC electric invention ultimately fail?
-Describe why Tesla’s AC defeated Edison’s DC patented inventions.
-Could you see yourself creating a patentable invention?