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A patent for an invention is a grant of a property right by the Government to the inventor. The term of the patent is 20 years from the date on which the application was filed. The right conferred by the patent grant extends only throughout the United States and its territories and possessions. The right conferred by the patent grant is the right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the invention in the United States or importing the invention into the United States. What is granted is not the right to make, use, offer for sale, sell or import, but the right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, selling or importing the invention. the patent invention process, visuallyBelow
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