A new law gives ownership of patents—documents providing exclusive right to make and sell an invention—to universities, not the government, when those patents result from government-sponsored university research. Administrators at Logos University plan to sell any patents they acquire to corporations in order to fund programs to improve undergraduate teaching.
Which of the following, if true, would cast the most doubt on the viability of the college administrators' plan described above?
A is irrelevant. Government gives universities grant money, which is free. Even if the university sells the patent, the government would still give grant money to the university.
LZ you understanding of the word "duplicate" is right and you understanding of patent is right as well. If D is true, university would not acquire many patents. Thus, its plan to sell patent right in order to support its undergraduate teaching activities would not work. D is the correct answer.