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If you invent something, you might want to get a patent for it. A patent is something from the government that gives ONLY YOU the right to make, use, or sell the thing that you have invented. A patent protects your rights to your invention for a certain number of years. After that, you have to ask the government again.
The scientist got a patent for his new invention.- similar words:
- license, permit, right, trademark
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verb |
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pae
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patents, patenting, patented |
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When you patent something that you invented, you get a special protection from the government that lets you be the only person who can make and sell this thing for a certain number of years. This protection is called a "patent."
The engineer patented his invention, and he plans to make thousands of them to sell.- similar words:
- register
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patentable (adj.), patently (adv.) |
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