patent
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- noun
- /ˈpætənt/
- Specialized
- Dr. Mote has authored more than 300 publications, holds four patents, and has advised 58 doctoral students.
- patent application
- file a patent
- patent attorney
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Watch on YouTubeThey transfer the patent to Iliad or Pfizer.
- They transfer the patent to Iliad or Pfizer.
- Second, the practice of patent holding companies have changed.
- Well, I, I think the patent is in, in the slide deck here.
- Over time, we're getting cool new products because of patents and that's the trade off.
- Yeah, so they had the entire patent for paper click.
- Well, my question is, I have a upcoming provisional patent on a warehouse product.
- I don't mind being argued at by people who are within that first patent evaluation.
- By contrast, Marie Carey filed no patents anywhere.
- So, so I would say, you know, trademarks, patents, IP, all the rest of it.
- So no, US laws will need to change to accommodate the the patent provisions of the TPP.
Examples
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Theremin sold his patent for the Theremin to RCA.
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Improper inventorship of a patent can have serious consequences, possibly rendering a patent invalid.
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And this is all stuff also seen in the patent that they they released.
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But it does not create a new 'process' that is entitled to separate patent protection.
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So it's this strap that they listed a patent for this little piece of plastic.
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Last week, they took out a patent on a new kind of gerbil.
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And so, patented products typically have a patent number or two on them.
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Failure to list the employee on such a patent will likely render the patent invalid.
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There are some doctrines that, absent a written assignment, ownership of a patent lies with the employer.
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The inventor was thrilled when she received a patent for her revolutionary solar panel design.
Synonyms
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5.2
A legal right that lets an inventor stop others from making, using, or selling an invention for a set time
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9.5
An official paper from a monarch or government that gives someone the only right to make something
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6.8
A document that gives an inventor the only right to make, use, or sell an invention for a set time
Compounds
- Formal
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3.4
A government office that checks, gives, and keeps records of patents and trademarks
- Specialized
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4.9
An official request to get rights to a new invention from the government
- Specialized
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3.9
A system of laws that gives inventors the only right to make, use, or sell an invention for a time
- Specialized
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7.2
Making, using, or selling someone's invention that is protected by law without permission
- Specialized
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5.2
A legal right that lets an inventor stop others from making, using, or selling an invention for a set time
- Offensive
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9.0
A person or company that buys invention rights then sues others to get money
- Archaic
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A medicine sold without a doctor's prescription and claimed to cure many illnesses
- Formal
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9.5
An official paper from a monarch or government that gives someone the only right to make something
- Formal
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6.8
A document that gives an inventor the only right to make, use, or sell an invention for a set time
- Jargon
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To use patents to demand money from companies without making the product
- Archaic
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9.9
A cigar-shaped tool with spinning fins that measures a ship's speed through the water
- Specialized
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A heart problem at birth when a blood vessel between aorta and lung artery stays open, causing wrong blood flow
Surface Forms
Etymology
Patent comes from the Latin verb patere meaning 'to be open'. In the past a 'patent' was an open letter from a king or government that gave someone special rights, so a modern patent is an official public paper that gives you the only right to make or sell an invention.