The company decided to patent an invention to protect its intellectual property.
Компания решила запатентовать изобретение, чтобы защитить свою интеллектуальную собственность.
Definitions
To patent an invention means to obtain a legal right granted by a government authority that gives the inventor exclusive rights to make, use, sell, and distribute the invention for a specified period of time, typically 20 years, in exchange for publicly disclosing the details of the invention.