Patents

7 lettersnouncommon

Updated February 2026

Definition

Government authorities or licences conferring a right or title for a set period, especially the sole right to make, use, or sell an invention.

“The pharmaceutical company held numerous patents for innovative drug formulations.”

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Contains two vowels A, E with common consonants P, T, N, S

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Worth 9 points; useful combination of common letters with valuable P

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