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<p>Under <a href="page.php?w=law_of_the_United_States">United States law</a>, a <a href="page.php?w=patent">patent</a> is a right granted to the inventor of a (1) process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter, (2) that is <a href="page.php?w=novelty_%28patent%29">new</a>, <a href="page.php?w=utility_%28patentability_requirement%29">useful</a>, and <a href="page.php?w=inventive_step_and_non-obviousness">non-obvious</a>. A patent is the right to exclude others, for a limited time (usually, 20 years) from unlawful profiting from</p><p>
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