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file a patent application

phrase

B2CEFR level
45/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

To formally submit a request to a patent office seeking protection for an invention.

We advised the client to file a patent application before disclosing the invention at the trade fair.

Topic: Intellectual property in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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