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patent office (pat′'nt)

☆ an office in the Department of Commerce which administers the patent and trademark laws: legal name Patent and Trademark Office

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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