patentee
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of patentee
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; patent, -ee
Example Sentences
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When the patent expires, anyone can make the patented product or process without compensating the patentee.
From Slate • Jun. 26, 2015
Such deferral may benefit the licensee by spreading the costs of the license, and the patentee by attracting licensees who would find the costs excessive if squeezed into the patent period.
From Slate • Jun. 26, 2015
Hence smaller cracking equipment and lower costs are claimed by the patentee of the process, Shell Development Co. of San Francisco.
From Time Magazine Archive
Condemned were the appointment of receivers in bankruptcy by Federal judges through, friendship or patronage, and any action which would reduce the exclusive rights of the patentee to his invention.
From Time Magazine Archive
And yet I believe I am the sole proprietor and patentee of the opinion, and I have not yet heard even the faintest rumour of calling me to the Queen's counsels.
From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II by Downey, Edmund
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