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Noun Concept
Categories: Public records, Intangible assets, Patent law, Monopoly (economics), Articles with short description
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patent  patent of invention  Public Patent  Anti-patent  Blanket patent
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A document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention WordNet 3.0
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A document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention. Wikipedia
Set of rights granted by a government to an inventor. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Monopoly granted on a new invention Wikidata
A declaration issued by a government agency declaring someone the inventor of a new invention and having the privilege of stopping others from making, using or selling the claimed invention; a letter patent. Wiktionary
Declaration issued by a government to an inventor. Wiktionary (translation)