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.
A simple question, but one that is asked quite regularly. The answer to this question is short and simple: 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 octrooien (patents) rather than patenten (patents). In English, this right is called a patent. Over time, this term has been “Dutchified” and has crept into the Dutch language. The terms octrooi and patent are now often used interchangeably, but they actually mean the same thing. There is therefore no difference.
Octrooi = patent
There is no difference between these terms. “Octrooi” is simply the Dutch term for what is internationally referred to as a “patent.” Both provide exactly the same protection: exclusive rights to a technical invention for a maximum of 20 years.
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