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Patent right

noun

The right granted by a patent; especially the exclusive right to an invention.

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... kind of basket. The villages of Third Mesa make colorful twined or wicker baskets and plaques, just the one kind and no pottery. They stick as closely to these lines as though their wares were protected by some tribal "patent right." Pottery for First Mesa, coiled baskets for Second Mesa, and wicker baskets ...

— The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi • Hattie Greene Lockett

... Fox Talbot has so praiseworthily given up his patent right to Talbotypes, except in the matter of portraits, the art of photography will find itself stimulated to yet further developments; and with free practice, many new applications of it will be discovered. Magic-lantern slides, for instance, obtained from the negative image, are already ...

— Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 456 - Volume 18, New Series, September 25, 1852 • Various