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let'ters pat'ent



Law.
a written or printed instrument issued by a sovereign power, conferring upon a patentee some right, as the exclusive right to land or the exclusive right to make, use, and sell an invention for a limited time.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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