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Patents

Scope note

Grants made by a government to an inventor, assuring the inventor the sole right to make, use, and sell the invention for a certain period of time. AHD

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300027832

Broader Terms used

<executive records by function>

Narrower Terms used

design patents

Equivalent Terms used

patent

Created

13yrs ago

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