patent right

American  

noun

1. the exclusive right granted by a patent, as on an invention.

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patent right British  

noun

1. the exclusive right granted by a patent

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Etymology

Origin of patent right

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

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patent right

It would make little sense, after all, to grant someone the powerful exclusionary patent right on an idea already known to the world.

From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2015

On display at the Shirokiya Department Store went more than 70 foreign-made products alongside Japanese copies so cleverly done that only an expert could tell which twin had the patent right.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is certainly true that the restriction of a patent right may make possible the abuses of a trust.

From Rural Health and Welfare by Fairchild, George Thompson

His goods were maliciously damaged,—his workmen were spirited away from him,—his patent right was infringed.

From Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science by Fyfe, J. Hamilton

They stick as closely to these lines as though their wares were protected by some tribal "patent right."

From The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi by Lockett, Hattie Greene