PATENT OF INVENTION

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention

Synonyms:

patent; patent of invention

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("patent of invention" is a kind of...):

document; papers; written document (writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature))

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