Patent (disambiguation)

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A patent is a set of rights granted by a government to an inventor.

Patent may also refer to:

• Letters patent, a type of legal instrument issued by a monarch or president
• Land patent, a land grant, such as in a patented mining claim
• Patent leather, a shiny form of leather
• Patent medicine, a medical compound of questionable effectiveness
• Patent bet
  , in the UK, a type of wager
• A botanical term

See also

• Plant Patent Act of 1930, legislation allowing plant breeds to be patented in the United States
• All pages with titles beginning with Patent

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