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

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

Swindled out of a horse and watch—More help from Mr. Keefer—How I got even in the watch trade—My patent right trip to Michigan and Indiana—Its results—How a would-be sharper got come up with.

From Twenty Years of Hus'ling by Denslow, W. W. (William Wallace)

Let there be no more heard of appeal against this exercise of a patent right, of invective against this discharge of an evident duty.

From William Blake A Critical Essay by Swinburne, Algernon Charles

Copyright, like patent right, would be covered by the legal definition of a monopoly.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various