BIOLOGY 12TH ED (LL) W/ CONNECT
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The set of exclusive rights permitted by an intergovernmental organization or sovereign state to an inventor for a particular period of time in exchange for disclosure of its invention to the public is known as patent. The application of granting patent must include one or more than one claims that specify the invention.
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