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Question:The U.S has issued over 6,000,000 patents
Answer: Over 6,000,000 patents have been issued.
Question:The Inventor is the only person allowed to apply for a patent.
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c, with certain exceptions. If a person who is not the inventor should apply for a patent, the patent, if it were obtained, would be invalid.
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