Assertion: patent's inventor | /r/HasProperty | no protection
Facets:
value: against others
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: An inventor is not required to get a patent in order to put an invention into practice, but once the invention is made public, there will be no protection against others using the invention and you would be unable to obtain a patent.
text: An inventor is not required to seek a patent in order to put an invention into practice, but once the invention is made public there will be no protection against others using the invention.