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A government backed, time limited monolopy granted to inventors on their inventions. It was intended as an incentive to publish business secrets.
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+The concept is nowadays of disputable worth, and has turned [patently absurd | http://klangraum.dyndns.org/~ap/readings/patently_absurd.html] in the US. The USPTO is obviously run by a bunch of plonkers..
Modern patents are normally held by large organisations, such as [IBM] and [RedHat].
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