Assertion: patent | /r/HasProperty | a government grant
Facets:
value: to the inventor
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Patent, a government grant to an inventor of the right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention, usually for a limited period.
text: A patent is a right granted by a government to an inventor.
text: Thus, a patent is a statutory right granted by the government to the inventor so that he could exclusively decide who uses the invention or if anyone, uses it at all.
text: A patent is a government grant that gives the inventor and his or her heirs, executors and assigns, the exclusive right within Canada, during the term of the patent, to make, use and/or sell the invention claimed in the patent, subject to adjudication.
text: A patent is a government grant giving the right to exclude others from making, using or selling an invention.
text: A patent is a right granted to you by a government after you file a patent application that meets their requirements.
text: A patent for an invention is granted by government to the inventor, giving the inventor the right to stop others, for a limited period, from making, using or selling the invention without their permission.
text: Patents are granted by the government and give inventors the right to prevent other parties from using or copying their invention for 20 years.