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Engineering

Finding patents

"A patent is an exclusive right granted for an invention, which is a product or a process that provides, in general, a new way of doing something, or offers a new technical solution to a problem." (World Intellectual Property Organization)

Finding standards

"Standards are agreed ways of doing something, written down as a set of precise criteria so they can be used as rules, guidelines or definitions."  (BSI