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The phrase "obtained a patent" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to indicate that a person or organization has been granted a legal right to the exclusive use of an invention or process. For example: "In 2002, Apple obtained a patent for its revolutionary multi-touch interface."
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Hagadorn, too, obtained a patent.
I spent three years doing research on my idea before I obtained a patent.
Amazon recently obtained a patent for "anticipatory shipping" — a technology for shipping products before orders have even been placed.
Columbia obtained a patent for the drugs and licensed them to a start-up company, Armgo Pharma of New York.
Dr. Herz worked on his method for fifteen years and in 1935 obtained a patent from the Belgian government.
Thailand's state drug factory was preparing to produce generic ddI when Bristol obtained a patent on the antacid buffer used to pack Videx into pill form.
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While it might seem unusual for a child to obtain a patent, it is not.
They may now find it harder to obtain a patent on new versions.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (//www.uspto.gov/) outlines the steps necessary to obtain a patent and has a searchable database.
Infigen is hardly the first company to obtain a patent that could be related to human genetic engineering.
Federal law gives drug companies 20 years to market exclusively a drug that they discover or obtain a patent on.
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