The purpose of patents is to Encourage innovation by helping firms recoup the costs of research and development.
They are a way to encourage innovation by protecting the rights of the innovator to be the only one to benefit from selling the innovation for a certain amount of time.
This allows the innovator to recoup the amounts they spent on the innovation without worrying about competing with others who will copy the technology.
In conclusion, option B is correct.
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