grant-forward
English
Noun
grant
-
forward
(
plural
grant-forwards
)
(
law
)
In U.S.
patent
law, a provision accompanying the
license
of a patent under which a party agrees not only to grant a licensee the right to use a patent, but also to grant the licensee a license to any improvements made on the existing patent.
Related terms
grant-back
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