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Noun: Patent Office
  1. The government bureau in the Department of Commerce that keeps a record of patents and trademarks and grants new ones
    - Patent and Trademark Office Database

Derived forms: Patent Offices

Type of: agency, authority, bureau, federal agency, government agency, office

Part of: Commerce, Commerce Department, Department of Commerce, DoC

Encyclopedia: Patent Office