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Example sentences for: patents

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This could work with or without patents.
Soon, the establishment companies realize they need the new research technology and patents, and the small firms realize they need economies of scale to keep producing successful drugs.
7 percent of the scientific and engineering patents went to women, many of whom won not as independents, but as employees of corporations or members of research teams.
If products were protected by patents or other intellectual property claims, the government could grant compulsory licenses (a procedure allowed by trade agreements to override monopoly rights on a patent, in return for compensation to rights owners; see Box 1) and permit rapid introduction of generic competition.
The lawsuit accuses Monsanto of introducing products without testing them sufficiently for safety, misleading farmers about these products, and monopolizing the patents and sale of these unsafe products.