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Definition patent in British English
patent
noun
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noun
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/ˈpeɪt(ə)nt/
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an official document that gives someone who has invented something the legal right to make or sell that invention for a particular period of time, and prevents anyone else from doing so
Example
In 1878, Edison received a patent for his phonograph.
Example
a patent application
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