Patent

6 lettersnounmoderate

Updated February 2026

Definition

An exclusive right granted for an invention or the document granting this right.

“The inventor filed a patent for his new device.”

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Legal/business term; -ENT ending pattern.

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Worth 8 points; technical vocabulary.

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