0 an official licence/license from the government giving one person or business the right to make and sell a particular article and to prevent others from doing the same -- patent
1 to obtain a patent for; He patented his new invention. -- ta patent på, patentere
For pharmaceutical innovations, the existing patent system provides 20 years of patent protection.
He shared his father's desperation, the desperation of a small man who watched big producers monopolize the state patents and premiums that eluded him.
For diseases specific to developing nations, the incentives conferred by patents would remain to encourage research.
On the other hand, the obligation to furnish a detailed written description of the invention that was proposed for the patent.
The patent drawings show a translucent roof constructed like the walls but this was omitted in the built project.
As a third consequence, there is a reciprocal influence of the diastolic function of the two ventricles through a widely patent oval foramen.
It is important to note that complete closure was achieved in all patients with patent oval foramen after presumed paradoxical embolism.
The arterial duct and the oval foramen were patent.
