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«definition»  What does patent mean?                a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention an official document granting a right or privilege (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment obtain a patent for grant rights to; grant a patent for make open to sight or notice

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		USPTO	United States Patent and Trademark Office	Community » Sports
		USPTO	United States Patent and Trademark Office	Computing » Software
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		IPC	International Patent Classification	Business » International Business
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		EPO	European Patent Office	Business » International Business
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		PFO	Patent Foramen Ovale	Medical » Laboratory
		EAPO	EurAsian Patent Organization	Business » International Business
		USPTO	United States Patent and Trademark Office	Governmental » Military
		JPO	Japanese Patent Office	Governmental » State & Local
		E131	Patent Blue V	Miscellaneous » Food
		WPIS	WIPO Patent Information Services	Business » Firms
		EAPV	Evraziiskoe Patentnoe Vedomstrvo	Governmental
		PAJ	Patent Abstracts of Japan	Governmental
		PCT	Patent Cooperation Treaty	Business » International Business
		EPC	European Patent Convention	Business » International Business
		PCT	Patent Cooperation Treaty	Community » Law
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