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Patent Law: Getting Started

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Introduction

image of patent certificateA patent is a form of intellectual property that provides a right “to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the invention throughout the United States or importing the invention into the United States.” This guide is intended to assist researchers in locating primary and secondary materials relating to U.S. patent law in the University of Iowa Law Library’s collections.

 

 

 

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