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Solved: The United States Patent and Trademark Office
Chapter 10, Problem 79TAE(choose chapter or problem)
QUESTION:
The United States Patent and Trademark Office rejects claims for perpetual motion machines (in which energy output is as great as or greater than energy input) without even investigating them. Why is this?
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QUESTION:
The United States Patent and Trademark Office rejects claims for perpetual motion machines (in which energy output is as great as or greater than energy input) without even investigating them. Why is this?
ANSWER:Step 1 of 2
The United States Patent and Trademark Office rejected the claims of perpetual motion machines (in which energy output is as great or greater than energy input) because it violates the second law of thermodynamics and perhaps the first law as well.