Publication Characteristics

Patent

Work consisting of documents granted by a government giving exclusive rights to an inventor or assignee to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.

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Abstract

Work consisting of documents granted by a government giving exclusive rights to an inventor or assignee to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.

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  • Patents

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Indexing Annotation

This heading is used as a Publication Type. Patents as a subject are indexed under the main heading PATENTS AS TOPIC; INDEXER: Do not use

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History Note

2008(1999)

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  1. V02.675w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Patent. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020490. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020490
  2. Patent. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent
  3. Patent. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q253623