A grants the inventor of a new product or process exclusive rights for a defined period to the manufacture, use, or sale of that invention.

patent

Explanation:

A patent is a type of intellectual property that is classified as an intangible asset. It provides the patent holder protection for any invention that he/she has developed and registered with the proper government authorities. Patents usually last between 14 to 20 years and during that time the patent holder has the exclusive right to manufacture, use or sell his invention.

a manufacturer of printed circuit boards uses exponential smoothing with trend to forecast monthly demand of its product. at the end of december, the company wishes to forecast sales for january. the estimate of trend through november has been 200 additional boards sold per month. average sales have been around 1000 units per month. the demand for december was 1100 units. the company uses α = 0.20 and β = 0.10. make a forecast including trend for the month of january.

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