Patent

right to exploit an invention

The patent is a document, usually issued by the office, which recognizes the exclusive right to implement and have an industrial invention, a trade mark, of a utility model or ornamental: application, patent grant, p. invention, manufacturing.

A patent is an exclusive right, guaranteed by the State, by virtue of which is given a temporary monopoly of exploitation in relation to a new invention susceptible of industrial application, in which he reveals an inventive step.