Alphabetical
Alphabetical list of glossary terms
patent
[noun]
A document issued by the government that grants an inventor the sole right to his or her invention for a set length of time, thus protecting an inventor from theft of the idea.
Appears in modules:
- Ellen Ochoa Engineer and astronaut
- Luis E. Miramontes Chemist and inventor of oral contraceptives
- Percy Lavon Julian Revolutionizing medical treatment through chemical synthesis
- Ruth Benerito Using basic physical chemistry to solve practical problems
- Scientific Ethics Ethical standards and their implications
- The Nature of Light Particle and wave theories
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