Why does the government issue patents? The government issues patents A. to prevent firms from keeping secret how a product is made. B. to ensure that new products are safe and effective for consumers. C. to encourage firms to spend money on the research and development necessary to create new products. D. to encourage competition among firms in markets with barriers to entry. E. to limit excessive economic profits in the short run before new firms have had time to enter profitable markets. How long do patents last? A patent is the exclusive right to a product for a period of nothing years from the date the patent is filed with the government. (Enter your response as an integer.)

Acompany has two products: standard and deluxe. the company expects to produce 36,375 standard units and 62,240 deluxe units. it uses activity-based costing and has prepared the following analysis showing budgeted cost and cost driver activity for each of its three activity cost pools.budgeted activity of cost driver activity cost pool budgeted cost standard deluxe activity 1 $ 93,000 2,500 5,250 activity 2 $ 92,000 4,500 5,500 activity 3 $ 87,000 3,000 2,800 what is the overhead cost per unit for the standard units? what is the overhead cost per unit for the deluxe units? (round activity rate and cost per unit answers to 2 decimal places.)activity expected costs expected activity driver activity rate1 93,000 2 92,000 3 87,000 standard activity activity driver activity rate allocated costs1 2 3