Right of an inventor (6)

I believe the answer is:

patent

(Other definitions for patent that I've seen before include "Blatant" , "Registration of ownership of invention" , "It protects an invention" , "Register (an invention)" , "It's registered to protect an invention" .)

I've seen this clue in The Washington Post.

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