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A nonexclusive license means that the intellectual property rights conveyed may be granted to more than one licensee. An exclusive license does not necessarily mean that there is only one licensee. It may mean that the scope of the license is exclusive to a certain geographical area, to a specific product area or to a limited field of use. For example, a licensor may grant an exclusive license for a product for sale in the United States and may grant another exclusive license for the product sales outside the United States.

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