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.
will patent
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future tenseof patent.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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So companies will patent as many ideas as they can at the early stages and then pick and choose which ones actually make sense for their business as time goes by.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2019
We are working with Greenwood where we will patent this technology and the University could get some royalties.
From Forbes ● Jun. 18, 2014
Magic Eye' which he hopes his superiors will patent and manufacture for exclusive Hearstpaper use.
From Time Magazine Archive
“I will patent it soon, after the other fort is down.”
From Dave Porter and the Runaways Last Days at Oak Hall by H. Richard Boehm
