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patent thicket

patent thicket noun: a group of patents in a field of technology which collectively impede a party from commercializing its own patents or products in that field.

Noun

patent thicket (plural patent thickets)

  1. A group of patents in a field of technology which collectively impede a party from commercializing its own patents or products in that field.

Forms of patent thicket

pluralpatent thickets

Questions about patent thicket

What does patent thicket mean?
Patent thicket means a group of patents in a field of technology which collectively impede a party from commercializing its own patents or products in that field.
What part of speech is patent thicket?
Patent thicket is a noun.
What is the plural of patent thicket?
The plural of patent thicket is patent thickets.

Words near patent thicket in the dictionary

  1. patent offices
  2. patent outside
  3. patent outsides
  4. patent pool
  5. patent pools
  6. patent thicket
  7. patent thickets
  8. patent troll
  9. patent trolling
  10. patent trolls
  11. patentabilities

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