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Outline of patents
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<p>The following <a href="/facts/Outline_(list)/uUpf6Jh6">outline</a> is provided as an overview of and topical guide to patents: </p><p><a href="/facts/Patent/LjT2bG3A">Patent</a> – set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for detailed public disclosure of an invention. An invention is a solution to a specific technological problem and is a product or a process. Patents are a form of <a href="/facts/Outline_of_intellectual_property/qpr9HoWN">intellectual property</a>. </p>