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+Additional IP Rights Grant (Patents)
+
+"This implementation" means the copyrightable works distributed by
+Google as part of the GRPC project.
+
+Google hereby grants to You a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive,
+no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable (except as stated in this section)
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+transfer and otherwise run, modify and propagate the contents of this
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+claims, both currently owned or controlled by Google and acquired in
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