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| 1 | /** |
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| 2 | * Copyright (C) 2009 EDIT |
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| 3 | * European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy |
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| 4 | * http://www.e-taxonomy.eu |
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| 5 | * |
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| 6 | * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1 |
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| 7 | * See LICENSE.TXT at the top of this package for the full license terms. |
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| 8 | */ |
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| 10 | package eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.reference; |
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| 11 | |
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| 12 | /** |
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| 13 | * This interface represents patents. A patent is a document containing the set of |
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| 14 | * exclusive rights granted by a state to an inventor or his assignee for a |
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| 15 | * fixed period of time in exchange for a disclosure of an invention. |
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| 16 | * <P> |
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| 17 | * This class corresponds, according to the TDWG ontology, to the publication type |
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| 18 | * term (from PublicationTypeTerm): "Patent". |
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| 19 | */ |
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| 20 | public interface IPatent extends IReference { |
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| 21 | |
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| 22 | } |
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