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The patent license provides broad commercial and non-commercial freedom to practice the Model's patented aspects, but the explicit carve-out for paragraph-stated exceptions—most notably the patent litigation termination clause—means that freedom is not unconditional.
Interpretive note: The excerpt is truncated after 'import,' so additional licensed acts may exist in the full clause. The exceptions to irrevocability are referenced but not quoted, requiring cross-reference to the paragraph context.
Users receive broad patent rights to make, use, sell, and import the Model at no cost, but those rights can be lost under conditions stated in the same paragraph.
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The patent license provides broad commercial and non-commercial freedom to practice the Model's patented aspects, but the explicit carve-out for paragraph-stated exceptions—most notably the patent litigation termination clause—means that freedom is not unconditional.
Users receive broad patent rights to make, use, sell, and import the Model at no cost, but those rights can be lost under conditions stated in the same paragraph.
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