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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% IDEA Whence a patent (4) Wall Street Journal Dec 20, 2018
3% NONMONETARYASSET Property or patents, to CPAs (16) Newsday Nov 30, 2025
3% PENDING Like some patents (7) Eugene Sheffer Nov 22, 2025
3% EINSTEIN Notable former patent clerk (8) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 21, 2025
3% TARMAC Road surfacing material patented in 1902 (6) The Times Specialist Nov 3, 2025
2% ZIP An early version of this fastener was patented by Whitcomb Judson in 1893 (3) The Times Specialist Sunday Nov 23, 2025
2% BIRO Laszlo -, Hungarian journalist who patented the first practical ball-point pen (4) (4) Mirror Quiz Sep 25, 2025
2% TEL Graham Bell's patent, for short (3)
2% APOSTLE Saintly type in Bible Belt, so patently bound heavenwards (7) The Telegraph Cryptic Sep 19, 2025
2% OBLIVIOUS Unaware of patent protecting Italians essentially (9) The Telegraph Cryptic Sep 4, 2025

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