A simple question, yet one that is asked with some regularity. The answer to this question is a short and simple one, namely: nothing. There is no difference between a patent and a patent.

The word patent is the official term in the Netherlands for the exclusive right to an invention. Dutch legislation therefore refers to patents and not patents. In the English language, this right is called a patent. Over time, this term has been "Dutchified" and crept into the Dutch language. The terms patent and patent are now often used interchangeably, but really just mean the same thing. So there is no difference.

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