utility model

noun

An intellectual property right in certain legal systems, to protect invention, very similar to the patent, but usually with shorter term and less stringent patentability requirements.

Similar
petty patent
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Meanings

nounutility model (plural utility models)

plural utility models

  1. intellectual propertyAn intellectual property right in certain legal systems, to protect invention, very similar to the patent, but usually with shorter term and less stringent patentability requirements.

    Synonyms: petty patent

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn intellectual property right in certain legal systems, to protect invention, very similar to the patent, but usually with shorter term and less stringent patentability requirements.

Similar
petty patent
Also see
petty patent

Translations

French modèle d'utilité
  • modèle d'utilitéan intellectual property right
German Gebrauchsmuster
  • Gebrauchsmusteran intellectual property right
Italian modello di utilità
  • modello di utilitàan intellectual property right
Russian поле́зная моде́ль
  • поле́зная моде́ль (poléznaja modélʹ)an intellectual property right
Spanish modelo de utilidad
  • modelo de utilidadan intellectual property right
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MLA

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Chicago

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