ABSTRACT
A patent is a right conferred by a public authority on behalf of the
state for exclusive exploitation (monopoly) of a new, inventive, and
fully disclosed invention in an industrial field.
The monopoly provided by the patent to its proprietor must
be observed by third parties, in particular, competitors. In other
words, the patented invention can be carried out only by the patent
proprietor or by subjects who got the permission to do so by the
same proprietor (license).
