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What happens to a patent when it expires?

it becomes the property of the state

ownership rights are inherited

the patent is licensed

It becomes public domain

A patent allows you, and only you, to profit from your genius when you invent something new. No one else can manufacture or sell your invention unless you give permission. When a patent expires, anyone can copy your idea and market it. It becomes public domain

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