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LETTER PATENT INVENTION [1 record]

Record 1 2007-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Patents (Law)
  • Foreign Trade
  • Medication
DEF

The exclusive legal right to make, use and sell an invention for a period specified by law.

OBS

Letters patent of invention: term rarely used in the singular (letter patent of invention).

Key term(s)
  • letter patent of invention

French

Domaine(s)
  • Brevets d'invention (Droit)
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Médicaments
DEF

Titre délivré par l'État et donnant à l'inventeur d'un produit ou d'un procédé susceptible d'applications industrielles, ou à son cessionnaire, le droit exclusif d'exploitation d'une invention durant un certain temps aux conditions fixées par la loi.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Patentes de invención (Derecho)
  • Comercio exterior
  • Medicamentos
DEF

Derecho de propiedad y uso exclusivo de una invención, mediante garantía y protección de dicho derecho por parte del gobierno. Se concede a toda persona que pretenda establecer o haya establecido una industria de su invención, o que perfeccione alguna máquina, o aparato mecánico, combinación de materias o método de procedimiento útil, de aplicación en las industrias, artes o ciencias.

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