patent right
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of patent right
First recorded in 1795–1805
Example Sentences
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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
If we have international patent right, why not international copyright?
From A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries by Spofford, Ainsworth Rand
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
Some 20 per cent. of fuel was saved; and, after the patent right had been bought, the method was adopted in all the vessels of the company.
From Men of Invention and Industry by Smiles, Samuel
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