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 George Thompson Fairchild

If one person invents a knife convenient for pointing our pens, another cannot have a patent right for the same knife to point our pencils.

From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by James Boyle

He struck a bargain with me and bought the patent right for the State of Connecticut, giving for it his horse and wagon and all the goods he had with him.

From Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures by Various