Definition: Patent

Category: Crime statistics

Exclusive right granted for an invention, which is a product or a process that provides a new way of doing something, or offers a new technical solution to a problem. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/ICCS_final-2015-March12_FINAL_v1_0_EN.pdf
Source:
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), "International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes (ICCS), version 1.0", Vienna, 2015
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