Term
patent
A document that gives an inventor the sole right to the invention for a set period.
Men of Invention and Industry, Samuel Smiles
Explained in
- Men of Invention and Industry, Samuel Smiles
- Cyrus Hall McCormick: His Life and Work, Herbert Casson
A document that gives an inventor the exclusive right to his invention for a set time. In those years a US patent lasted fourteen years and could be extended.
- Co-opetition, Adam Brandenburger, Barry Nalebuff
A document that gives an inventor the exclusive right to an invention for a set period.