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noun
The body of intellectual property law that grants an inventor exclusive rights for a limited time, in order to protect their new, useful, and nonobvious inventions or discoveries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: law
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noun
that branch of jurisprudence that studies the laws governing patents
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: jurisprudence, law, legal philosophy
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