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

But few farmers or mechanics have escaped the claims of these patent right sharpers.

From Monopolies and the People by Cloud, D. C.

We have taken many of our ideas and plans from others; we have no patent right on our system.

From Seven Graded Sunday Schools A Series of Practical Papers by Various

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