# `SBoM.CycloneDX.V17.PatentOrFamily`
[🔗](https://github.com/erlef/mix_sbom/blob/v0.10.0/lib/sbom/cyclonedx/v17/patent_or_family.pb.ex#L1)

Either an individual patents or patent families.

# `t`

```elixir
@type t() :: %SBoM.CycloneDX.V17.PatentOrFamily{
  __unknown_fields__: [Protobuf.unknown_field()],
  item:
    {:patent, SBoM.CycloneDX.V17.Patent.t() | nil}
    | {:patent_family, SBoM.CycloneDX.V17.PatentFamily.t() | nil}
    | nil
}
```

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