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  • 121patent agent — ➔ agent * * * patent agent UK US noun [C] LAW ► a person whose job is to help people or companies get patents for products …

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  • 122Patent and Trademark Office — Patent and Trade|mark Of|fice, The the US government department that decides which new inventions can be given a ↑Patent (=the right to make and sell a new invention) . There is a similar department in the UK called the Patent Office …

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  • 123Patent Office — Patent Of|fice, the the British government department that decides which new inventions can be given a ↑patent (=the right to make and sell a new invention) . There is a similar department in the US called the Patent and Trademark Office …

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  • 124patent office — ☆ patent office [pat′ nt] n. an office in the Department of Commerce which administers the patent and trademark laws: legal name Patent and Trademark Office …

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  • 125patent outside — or patent inside noun A newspaper printed on the outside or inside only, sold to a publisher who fills the other side with his own material, such as local news, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑patent …

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  • 126patent inside — patent outside or patent inside noun A newspaper printed on the outside or inside only, sold to a publisher who fills the other side with his own material, such as local news, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑patent …

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  • 127Patent exhaustion — can refer to: * Exhaustion of rights (in the European Union, for example) * First sale doctrine (patent) (in the United States, for example) …

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  • 128Patent Ochsner — est un groupe de musique suisse alémanique. Fondé en 1990, le groupe tire son nom de l inscription présente sur le modèle de poubelle le plus répandu en Suisse, fabriqué par l entreprise J. Ochsner AG: Patent Ochsner, soit l équivalent en… …

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