A set of exclusive rights granted by law to applicants for inventions that are new, non-obvious and commercially applicable. A patent is valid for a limited period (generally 20 years), during which time patent holders can commercially exploit their inventions on an exclusive basis. [Source: https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo_pub_943_2018.pdf]
http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_15cd
Broad Match: | http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text |
Exact Match: | http://purl.org/eprint/type/Patent |
Exact Match: | https://sparontologies.github.io/fabio/current/fabio.html#d4e4551 |