Lesson 2 The Nobel Prize

Albert Einstein	Pierre Curie, Marie Curie
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen	Ivan Petrovich Pavlov
William Shakespeare	Boris Pasternak
Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov	Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov	Isaac Newton

1.	The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees	a)	the most prestigious award in its field.
2.	In 1968 Sveriges Riksbank instituted an award that is often associated with the Nobel Prizes,	b)	the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895.
3.	The prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace	c)	in recognition of cultural and scientific advances.
4.	The Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway,	d)	the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
5.	Each Nobel Prize is regarded as	e)	while the other prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden.
6.	The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel,	f)	were first awarded in 1901.

Lesson 3

1.	A patent is exclusive rights granted by a state.	True	False
2.	The procedure for granting patents, the requirements placed on the patentee.
3.	The procedure for granting patents, the requirements placed on the patentee, and the extent of the exclusive rights are identical for all countries.
4.	The invention mustn’t be new, non-obvious, and useful or industrially applicable.
5.	In many countries, certain subject areas are included in patents, business methods and mental acts.
6.	The exclusive right granted to a patentee is the right to prevent others from making, using, selling, or distributing the patented invention without permission.
7.	Different types of patents may have varying patent terms.

1.	A patent is exclusive rights granted by a state to an inventor	a)	vary widely between countries according to national laws and international agreements.
2.	In many countries, certain subject areas are excluded from patents,	b)	which must be new, non-obvious, and useful or industrially applicable.
3.	It is just a right	c)	varying patent terms.
4.	Typically, however, a patent application must include one or more claims defining the invention	d)	or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for a public disclosure of an invention.
5.	The procedure for granting patents, the requirements placed on the patentee, and the extent of the exclusive rights	e)	such as business methods and mental acts.
6.	Different types of patents may have	f)	to prevent others' use.

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