Other crossword clues for answer "PATENTS"PATENTSExclusive rights that the Constitution says "promote the progress of science and the useful arts"Protections for productsApple gets more than 2,000 per yearInventor's protectionsInventors' documentsInventing safeguardsThey might be pendingSome are pendingInventor's holdingsInventors' safeguardsTheir term is usually 20 yearsProtects one's rights, in a waySafeguards of a kindTrademark cousinsEdison's 1,000-plusEdison's prideInvention protectionsInventor's accumulationIBM's 9,000+ in 2019Inventor's prideExclusivity documentsThey last 17 years.They have legal life of 17 years.Exclusive rights.Inventors' goals.Inventors' rights.Inventor's concern.Legal rights.Inventors' assetsInventors' concernsMonopoly-right documentsTrademark relativesPreventers of many theftsEdison's 1,000+Protections for inventorsGarrett Morgan had severalCreators' safeguardsIBM gets more than 1,000 per yearEdison's 2,332