patent right

noun

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

patent right

noun

1. the exclusive right granted by a patent

Word History and Origins

Origin of patent right¹

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

The people in the room — often the corporations and the business lobbies — have benefited, whether from increasing patent rights or from investor-state disputes settlements, shadow courts, things like that.

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Before Bayh-Dole, the U.S. government held the patent rights to any discovery developed with taxpayer support.

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Shanahan had not yet turned 30 when she founded a company, ClearAccessIP, that uses software to help companies manage and distribute patents and patent rights.

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He watched her create a company, ClearAccessIP, that uses software to help companies manage and distribute patents and patent rights.

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The proposal concerns the World Trade Organization’s Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Agreement, which was ratified in 1995 and establishes minimum protections for intellectual property rights — patent rights — around the world.

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