As a patent attorney you are asked to verify if a certain patent application should be approved, which means whatever is being patented must be possible/practical to build and work. The patent presents a new power plant designed to use a fuel capable of achieving a maximum temperature of 550 degrees F. The fluid flowing in the power plant system is to be cooled by a lake with temperature equal to 85 degrees F. The patent application indicates the power plant to be capable of achieving 0.78 thermal efficiency. Should this patent application be approved based on the information available? Why?

As a patent attorney you are asked to verify if a certain patent application should be approved, which means whatever is being patented must be possible/practical to build and work. The patent presents a new power plant designed to use a fuel capable of achieving a maximum temperature of 550 degrees F. The fluid flowing in the power plant system is to be cooled by a lake with temperature equal to 85 degrees F. The patent application indicates the power plant to be capable of achieving 0.78 thermal efficiency. Should this patent application be approved based on the information available? Why?

Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technology (MindTap Course List)

8th Edition

ISBN:9781305578296

Author:John Tomczyk, Eugene Silberstein, Bill Whitman, Bill Johnson

Publisher:John Tomczyk, Eugene Silberstein, Bill Whitman, Bill Johnson

Chapter2: Matter And Energy

Section: Chapter Questions

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