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patent thickets

patent thickets is the plural of patent thicket.

Meaning of patent thicket

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.

Questions about patent thickets

What is patent thickets the plural of?
Patent thickets is the plural of patent thicket.

Words near patent thickets in the dictionary

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

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