Patents serve for the protection of technical inventions in the most varied specialist fields, from architecture, through construction, biology, chemistry, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, physics, textile production, etc. to dental technology.

The patent is an officially checked protective right for a limited period for devices and processes, securing the holder a right of monopoly for the theory disclosed in the patent specification.

All major industrial countries today have patent protection. Through various international patent co-operation agreements, it is possible to obtain patent protection in most of these countries on the basis of a national, European or international patent application.

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