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The US patent system provides an incentive to invent by granting inventors exclusive rights to their inventions in exchange for full disclosure of the invention. Obtaining a patent is one of the few ways that an inventor or company can create assets with only intellectual investment. Patents become an asset of the company, often a revenue producing asset, as businesses can often borrow against their patents or sell or license them.

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