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.
patents
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pluralof patent.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof patent (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
patentnounthe exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
Example Sentences
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Disclosures: S.C. holds patents or pending patents on PD-L2 at Mayo Clinic and Spanish National Cancer Research Center, some of which have been licensed to Rejuveron Senescence Therapeutics.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
Analysts at Barclays say investors it’s talked to are confused about the direction of the company and how it can navigate when key patents expire in 2030 and 2032.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
Taction, which makes headphones and gaming headsets, claimed in 2021 that these improvements infringed patents it was issued in 2020.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
When a country has a relative scarcity of younger workers, that country’s technology sector rises to the occasion, resulting in “more labor-saving patents and growing high-tech activity.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
Gene patents are the point of greatest concern in the debate over ownership of human biological materials, and how that ownership might interfere with science.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
