PATENT SYSTEM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A legal system for protecting the rights of inventors

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("patent system" is a kind of...):

legal system (a system for interpreting and enforcing the laws)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

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