patent
noun
the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
are patenting
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present progressiveof patent.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The researchers are patenting their technology through the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 15, 2023
But because he and his team are patenting that discovery, too, and collecting more data, he’s unwilling to say what the material is.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 26, 2021
He acknowledges that pharmaceutical companies are patenting the vaccines and thus profiting off them.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2021
The researchers are patenting the samples and looking for more yeast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2015
