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noun Patent Law.
the right of an employer to use an employee's invention without compensating the employee for the use, in cases where the invention was made at the place of and during the hours of employment.
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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.
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