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noun
the exclusive right granted by a patent, as on an invention.
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Origin of patent right
First recorded in 1795–1805
Words nearby patent right
patent log, patently, patent medicine, patent office, patentor, patent right, Patent Rolls, patent still, pater, paterfamilias, paternal
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British Dictionary definitions for patent right
patent right
noun
the exclusive right granted by a patent
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