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patent2 CONSTRUCTSPatent (Patent)MENELL · PATENT LAWPatent (Medicine)MARTIN · MEDICINE

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Patent law

an exclusive right granted by a state to an inventor to exclude others from making, using or selling an invention for a limited term, in exchange for public disclosure.

In patent law, patent refers to an exclusive right granted by a state to an inventor to exclude others from making, using or selling an invention for a limited term, in exchange for public disclosure. This meaning comes from Menell (2023) in Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age: 2023. Here patent is not open and unobstructed, as of a vessel, duct or airway.[1]

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Medicine

open and unobstructed, as of a vessel, duct or airway.

In medicine, patent refers to open and unobstructed, as of a vessel, duct or airway. This meaning comes from Martin (2015) in Concise Medical Dictionary. Here patent is not an exclusive right granted by a state to an inventor to exclude others from making, using or selling an invention for a limited term, in exchange for public disclosure.[2]

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References

  1. Menell, P. S., Lemley, M. A., Merges, R. P., & Balganesh, S. (2023). Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age: 2023. SSRN. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4507044
  2. Martin, E. (2015). Concise Medical Dictionary. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acref/9780199687817.001.0001

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