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.
patentable
-
a word derived from
patent.
Example Sentences
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In addition, if the focus is on public health rather than creating a patentable product, this route of direct funding would also encourage research into dietary or environmental factors that could significantly impact health.
From Salon ● Jan. 3, 2024
That dispute hasn’t directly affected Apple Watch sales yet because another regulatory body had ruled that AliveCor’s technology isn’t patentable.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 27, 2023
Among the largest players is London-based Compass Pathways PLC, which has adopted the conventional biotech strategy of modifying naturally existing psilocybin into a patentable drug and taking it through clinical trials.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 22, 2023
Stinis got a patent on an image-generating computer program in 1964, and his descendants have kept up the patentable innovations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2022
His insight was reinforced by a demand from the Research Corporation’s Howard Poillon that he bring the X-ray tube to a patentable stage without delay and without disclosing his design to outsiders.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
