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Other crossword clues for answer "PATENTS"

PATENTS
Exclusive rights that the Constitution says "promote the progress of science and the useful arts"
Protections for products
Apple gets more than 2,000 per year
Inventor's protections
Protects, in a way
Inventing safeguards
They might be pending
Some are pending
Inventor's holdings
Inventors' safeguards
Their term is usually 20 years
Protects one's rights, in a way
Safeguards of a kind
Trademark cousins
Edison's 1,000-plus
Edison's pride
Invention protections
Inventor's accumulation
IBM's 9,000+ in 2019
Inventor's pride
Exclusivity documents
They last 17 years.
They have legal life of 17 years.
Exclusive rights.
Inventors' goals.
Inventors' rights.
Inventor's concern.
Legal rights.
Inventors' assets
Inventors' concerns
Monopoly-right documents
Trademark relatives
Preventers of many thefts
Edison's 1,000+
Protections for inventors
Garrett Morgan had several
Creators' safeguards
IBM gets more than 1,000 per year
Edison's 2,332