- renewal of patent
- An extension of the life of a patent pursuant to statute under a right which is as much an incident of the invention as the right to obtain a patent. 40 Am J1st Pat § 103.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
renewal of patent
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