# Patent

Skill · Legal and Compliance

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/patent

A patent is a legal right granted by a government to an inventor, giving them exclusive rights to make, use, or sell an invention for a limited period, typically 20 years, in exchange for public disclosure of the invention's details. Patents are used by inventors, companies, and researchers to protect innovations and gain competitive advantage in fields ranging from technology to pharmaceuticals.

Related skills: [Patent Law](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/patent-law), [Intellectual Property](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/intellectual-property), [Patent Prosecution](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/patent-prosecution), [Patent Research](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/patent-research), [Trademark](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/trademark)

## Open roles requiring Patent (0)

None of the roles we have read name this skill yet. A large share of the visible corpus has not been parsed for skills, so this is at least as likely to be our backlog as the market's verdict.