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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?

Elements Of Electromagnetics
Elements Of Electromagnetics
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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?

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