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PATENT SYSTEM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does patent system mean?
• PATENT SYSTEM (noun)
The noun PATENT SYSTEM has 1 sense:
1. a legal system for protecting the rights of inventors
Familiarity information: PATENT SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A legal system for protecting the rights of inventors
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("patent system" is a kind of...):
legal system (a system for interpreting and enforcing the laws)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
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