Patent (disambiguation)

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A patent is a set of rights granted by a government to an inventor.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Patent</span> Type of legal protection for an invention

A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention. In most countries, patent rights fall under private law and the patent holder must sue someone infringing the patent in order to enforce their rights.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">License</span> Legal concept

A license (US) or licence (Commonwealth) is an official permission or permit to do, use, or own something.

Commission or commissioning may refer to:

Application may refer to:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Letters patent</span> Type of published legal instrument

Letters patent are a type of legal instrument in the form of a published written order issued by a monarch, president or other head of state, generally granting an office, right, monopoly, title or status to a person or corporation. Letters patent can be used for the creation of corporations or government offices, or for granting city status or a coat of arms. Letters patent are issued for the appointment of representatives of the Crown, such as governors and governors-general of Commonwealth realms, as well as appointing a Royal Commission. In the United Kingdom, they are also issued for the creation of peers of the realm.

Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth.

Ground may refer to:

Basil is the common name of a number of plants often used for seasoning. It is typically used for a number of species of the genus Ocimum, in particular the widely cultivated O. basilicum.

Napa or NAPA may refer to:

PPO may refer to:

Belt may refer to:

Prime mover may refer to:

A land patent is a form of letters patent assigning official ownership of a particular tract of land that has gone through various legally-prescribed processes like surveying and documentation, followed by the letter's signing, sealing, and publishing in public records, made by a sovereign entity.

A royal warrant is a document issued by a monarch which confers rights or privileges on the recipient, or has the effect of law.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mechanical hackamore</span> Variety of bitless horse headgear

A mechanical hackamore is a piece of horse tack that is a type of bitless headgear for horses where the reins connect to shanks placed between a noseband and a curb chain. Other names include "hackamore bit", "brockamore", "English hackamore", "nose bridle" and "German hackamore". Certain designs have been called "Blair's Pattern" and the "W. S. Bitless Pelham".

Planter or Planters may refer to:

Utricle may refer to:

Nine Partners Patent may refer to:

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Graham or Graeme may refer to: