Patent

A patent is a property right granted to an inventor "to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the invention throughout the country or importing the invention into the country" for a limited time in exchange for public disclosure of the invention when the patent is granted.
For example;
Invention of machines and electric equipments Invention of business models
Invention of computer software Invention of gene splicing technoliogy
Invention of communication measures Invention of drugs