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Multi-word Results
| letters patent |
a government-issued document granting a person a patent or exclusive right to sell or otherwise profit from an invention or process. |
| patent ambiguity |
in law, the uncertainty that exists when the language used in a document can have more than one meaning. |
| patent leather |
leather that is treated in a formerly patented process to achieve a hard, glossy, usu. black finish. |
| patent medicine |
a medical preparation that is protected by a trademark and that may be purchased without a prescription. |
| patent office |
in the U.S. government, an agency of the Department of Commerce that administers the patent and trademark laws; Patent and Trademark Office. |
| patent right |
an exclusive right conferred by a patent, esp. to manufacture and sell an invention. |
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