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v

To utilize knowledge or skill according to rules and principles to create something.

n

A business, occupation, or pursuit that depends upon a skill.

n

In patent law, the method, process, or technique for creating something or for achieving a useful result.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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