Assertion: patent | /r/CapableOf | protect idea
Facets:
value: from theft
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: A patent protects an idea from theft, spurs others to innovate alternative solutions, and creates a market for ideas where others pay fees to inventors for access to the intellectual property.
text: A patent protects the idea itself, provided the idea represents an invention.
text: Microsoft is a champion of intellectual property and encourages its employees to file for patents to protect their ideas.
text: In reality the patent protects the ideas when they are in production.