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grant-back

grant-back noun: in U.S. patent law, a license under which a party grants another the right to use a patent under the condition that the licensee agrees to grant the licensor a license with respect to any improvements to that patent made by the licensee.

Noun

grant-back (plural grant-backs)

  1. In U.S. patent law, a license under which a party grants another the right to use a patent under the condition that the licensee agrees to grant the licensor a license with respect to any improvements to that patent made by the licensee.

Forms of grant-back

pluralgrant-backs

Questions about grant-back

What does grant-back mean?
Grant-back means in U.S. patent law, a license under which a party grants another the right to use a patent under the condition that the licensee agrees to grant the licensor a license with respect to any improvements to that patent made by the licensee.
What part of speech is grant-back?
Grant-back is a noun.
What is the plural of grant-back?
The plural of grant-back is grant-backs.

Words near grant-back in the dictionary

  1. Grant Parish
  2. Grant's gazelle
  3. Grant's gazelles
  4. Grant's zebra
  5. Grant's zebras
  6. grant-back
  7. grant-backs
  8. grant-forward
  9. grant-forwards
  10. grant-in-aid
  11. grant-in-kind

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