Angelo has designed a license plate holder for automobiles that makes theft of the license plate practically impossible. he has filed an application for a patent through the patent cooperation treaty (pct) office and it has been approved. how long does this application protect his right to file for patent protection in the member countries? a. 6 months b. 1 year c. 3 days d. 2 ½ years

Rate of return douglas keel, a financial analyst for orange industries, wishes to estimate the rate of return for two similar-risk investments, x and y. douglas's research indicates that the immediate past returns will serve as reasonable estimates of future returns. a year earlier, investment x had a market value of $27 comma 000; and investment y had a market value of $46 comma 000. during the year, investment x generated cash flow of $2 comma 025 and investment y generated cash flow of $ 6 comma 770. the current market values of investments x and y are $28 comma 582 and $46 comma 000, respectively. a. calculate the expected rate of return on investments x and y using the most recent year's data. b. assuming that the two investments are equally risky, which one should douglas recommend? why?