Indicate which of the four options below provides the best ending to the following sentence:\ A patent issued to an American individual by the U.S. Patent and Trade Office and assigned to an American corporation:\ may only be sold to another American corporation or American individual.\ may be sold to a foreign corporation only if the patent has also been approved by the appropriate governmental authority in the pertinent foreign country.\ automatically provides that corporation with protection against unauthorized use of the pertinent intellectual property by foreign corporations operating in foreign markets.\ may be sold to a foreign corporation.

Indicate which of the four options below provides the best ending to the following sentence: A patent issued to an American individual by the U.S. Patent and Trade Office and assigned to an American corporation: O may only be sold to another American corporation or American individual. O may be sold to a foreign corporation only if the patent has also been approved by the appropriate governmental authority in the pertinent foreign country. O automatically provides that corporation with protection against unauthorized use of the pertinent intellectual property by foreign corporations operating in foreign markets. O may be sold to a foreign corporation.