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PATENT APPLICATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does patent application mean?
• PATENT APPLICATION (noun)
The noun PATENT APPLICATION has 1 sense:
1. an application for sole rights to an invention
Familiarity information: PATENT APPLICATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An application for sole rights to an invention
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("patent application" is a kind of...):
application (a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school)
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