Assertion: patent | /r/HasProperty | available
Facets:
value: publicly
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: However, patents are available for:
text: A characteristic of European patent law as it stands today is that European patents granted by the European Patent Office (EPO), and patents granted by national patent offices are available, and may possibly –if permitted by national law and, if so, to the extent permitted by national law– co-exist within a given jurisdiction.
text: Trade secret misappropriation is different from violations of other intellectual property laws, since by definition trade secrets are secret, while patents and registered copyrights and trademarks are publicly available.
text: One situation where a patent may be available is when a person invents or discovers a new and useful machine, composition of matter, manufactured good, or process; or improves upon any of these.