patent system

Noun

Meaning

a legal system for protecting the rights of inventors

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Examples

Unless we find a solution to the problem of interlocking patents, the patent system may actually impede the very innovation it was designed to encourage. Ha-Joon Chang

The reforms proposed by the Patent Reform Act of 2007 are precisely the type of congressional action needed. The Act will remove obstacles to growth and restore balance to the patent system. Viet D. Dinh

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