What is a Patent? A patent is an exclusive right granted for an invention â a product or process that provides a new way of doing something, or that offers a new technical solution to a problem. A patent provides patent owners with protection for their inventions. Protection is granted for a limited period, generally 20 years. Why are patents necessary?
In 1980, when the legal drinking age in New Jersey was changed to 19, fatalities were at an all-time high for 18 to 20 year olds, with 88 young people losing their lives in drunk driving crashes on our roadways.n 2007, ten young people were killed in drunk driving crashes on New Jersey roadways. That number has remained constant since 2005. Overall, the State has experienced a 78 percent reduction in DWI fatalities for young people ages 18 to 20 since the drinking age was raised to 21 in the 1980âs.
Report Abuse. NJ lowered its drinking age from 21 to 18 in 1973; raised it to 19 in 1980 and raised it to 21 on Jan 1 1983. Btw... NJ senator Frank Lautenberg (Democrat, not cultural conservative) was the legislator who pushed through the bill raising the drinking age to 21 nationally in 1984.is bill denied federal highway dollars to any state who did not raise their drinking age to 21 because of the increase in drunk driving deaths near the NJ/NY border when 18 year olds went to Manhattan to drink. Source(s): NJ resident who lived it. ajsnskool Â· 7 years ago.