"nonpatent" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From non- + patent.",
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  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "1995, Fred K. Carr, Patents Handbook: A Guide for Inventors and Researchers to ...",
          "text": "The United States Patent Office classified search files currently consist of about 18 million United States patent documents, about 12 million foreign patent documents, and about 2 million documents of nonpatent literature.",
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        {
          "ref": "2003, Mark Hirschey, Tech Stock Valuation: Investor Psychology and Economic ..., page 164",
          "text": "NPR is a simple count of the number of references in a patent application to a wide variety of nonpatent publications, including scientific papers and articles, brochures, books, standards, documents, patent disclosure bulletins, and so on.",
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        {
          "ref": "2013, Joanna T. Brougher, Intellectual Property and Health Technologies: Balancing ..., page 120",
          "text": "The exclusivity period of a product on the market can also be extended through nonpatent exclusivities.",
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  "etymology_text": "From non- + patent.",
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