1. the official legal exclusive right to make or sell an invention for a set period of time 2. easily recognizable; obvious 3. open and unobstructed; failing to close; exposed; typically used in the medical context to describe a vessel, duct, or aperture Note: originates from the Latin patere, which means 'to lay open'
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[1/3] 2026-07-09 16:56:29 - [Guolin Technology: Obtained a utility model patent certificate for “an ozone generator”] Guolin Technology announced that the company recently received a utility model patent certificate for “an ozone generator” issued by the State Intellectual Property
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[1/3] 2026-07-09 16:56:29 - [Guolin Technology: Obtained a utility model patent certificate for “an ozone generator”] Guolin Technology announced that the company recently received a utility model patent certificate for “an ozone generator” issued by the State Intellectual Property
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In 1971, a struggling nightclub drummer named Daisuke Inoue built the first karaoke machine in his home city of Kobe using a tape recorder, a coin box, and an amplifier — and by not bothering to patent his invention because he thought he had merely combined other people’s parts, he lost roughly 100…
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