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Patent

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-003649

A legal right granted by a government to an inventor, providing exclusive rights to make, use, sell, and import an invention for a limited period. This protection is granted in exchange for public disclosure of the invention. In the United States, utility patents typically last for 20 years from the filing date.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-003649
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-003649",
  "term": "Patent",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A legal right granted by a government to an inventor, providing exclusive rights to make, use, sell, and import an invention for a limited period. This protection is granted in exchange for public disclosure of the invention. In the United States, utility patents typically last for 20 years from the filing date.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/patent/"
}

Record 3,654 of 5,441 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.