Yuen Yuen Ang et al. argue that merely tallying the number of patents filed per year the degree of innovation occurring: truly novel patents—those, like a 2011 patent for an automated navigation system for planes, that combine previously unaffiliated technological domains—are vastly outnumbered by nonnovel patents (e.g., a 2008 patent for a method of making soup).
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Verbal·Craft and Structure·Words in Context
hardWhich choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A
belies
B
portends
C
thwarts
D
maligns