patent right

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   the right granted by a patent; especially the exclusive right to an invention

   Broaderlegal right

   law

Questions about patent right

What does patent right mean?

patent right means "the right granted by a patent; especially the exclusive right to an invention".

Is patent right a common word?

patent right is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.