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patent

Summary

patent ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,987 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • patent is a type of intellectual property[2].
  • patent is a type of scientific publication[3].
  • patent is a type of FRBR work[4].
  • patent's Commons category is recorded as Patents[5].
  • patent comprises patent application form[6].
  • patent's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Patents[7].
  • patent's facet of is recorded as patent law[8].
  • patent's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[9].
  • patent's described by source is recorded as Dictionnaire des biens communs[10].
  • patent's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11].
  • patent's described by source is recorded as The American Cyclopædia[12].
  • patent's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[13].
  • patent's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[14].
  • patent's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • patent's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • patent's main Wikidata property is recorded as P1246[17].
  • patent's equivalent class is recorded as http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/Patent[18].
  • patent's equivalent class is recorded as https://citationstyles.org/ontology/type/patent[19].
  • patent's equivalent class is recorded as http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_15cd[20].
  • patent's equivalent class is recorded as https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/Patent[21].
  • patent's different from is recorded as Q11571065[22].
  • patent's ACM Classification Code is recorded as 10003466[23].
  • patent's studied by is recorded as economics[24].
  • patent's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[25].
  • patent's Wikimedia outline is recorded as outline of patents[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include intellectual property[2], scientific publication[3], and FRBR work[4].

Use and Application

patent comprises patent application form[6].

Influence

Things named for patent include patent troll[27], a business model[28].

Why It Matters

patent ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,987 views/month).[1] patent has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] patent is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Entities named for patent include patent troll[27], a business model[28].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → intellectual property, scientific publication, FRBR work
    Equivalent class → http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/Patent, https://citationstyles.org/ontology/type/patent, http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_15cd +1
    Exact match → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/Patent"
  2. 16d ago · Zache · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14864 → patentti
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14864]]: patentti, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1789688721844"
  3. 8w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → patents
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: patents, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289951803|patents (#289951803)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  4. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Studied by → economics
    Subclass of → intellectual property, scientific publication, FRBR work
    Model item → Traveling Matte
    Has part(s) → patent application form
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0000081-patenty, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
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