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The terms in red link to topics in the AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and CCEA A-level specifications, as well as the Highers/Advanced Highers exam specifications.
Patents allow inventors to protect ideas for several years so that they can make some money from the invention before others can copy their idea. Patents are particularly important in the pharmaceutical industry, where huge financial investment is needed to develop new, effective drugs. This is an example of how science works in the commercial world.
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