Patent (disambiguation)

Patent (disambiguation)

A patent is an intellectual property right covering an invention.

Patent can also refer to the following:

Types of patents

*Utility patent for inventions that do something useful such as apparatus, methods, processes, and new chemicals, plants, animals, bacteria, and genes
*Design patent for an ornamental design or shape
*Utility model also known as a "petty patent," "innovation patent," "minor patent," or "small patent"
*Plant Patent Act, a legislation allowing plant breeds to be patented in the United States

Other uses

*Letters patent
*Patent leather
*Land grant (also referred to as a "patent")
*Patented mining claim
*A type of bet offered by UK bookmakers
*As an adjective:
**In biology: open, unobstructed, expanded, e.g. patent ductus arteriosus
**Explicit and obvious


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