The energy for an endergonic reaction is obtained by coupling the reaction with an exergonic reaction. A familiar example of coupling exergonic reactions to endergonic reactions to promote spontaneity comes from ATP.
That's a key distinction, because foreign countries with weak patent laws routinely inundate the market with knockoff products. The only way you're going to control your product in the market is if you have the ability to tell others to stop, Wolin says. In the United States and elsewhere, it's the patent system. That's the only way..
1 Remember that you cannot patent a nebulous idea. 2  Patents cover inventions only. 3  If you have an idea but have not yet developed it to the extent that you can describe it as an invention in great detail in a patent application, you are not ready to seek patent protection.