Updated June 2026
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.”
Contains two vowels A, E with common consonants P, T, N, S
Worth 9 points; useful combination of common letters with valuable P
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