to patent
74
5.8
- verb
- /ˈpætənt/
- Specialized
:
patentar
- They say they wanna keep their clean oil extraction process secret, at least until it's patented.
- patent a product
- patent a technology
- patent a use
Obviously, this case we made is patented, so don't copy it.
- Obviously, this case we made is patented, so don't copy it.
- So suppose one of your lab members said, Eureka, do you patent it or do you publish it?
- It's like pharmaceuticals patenting or they're creating a new drug that they could patent their IP.
- Samsung has apparently patented a sensor to detect your body fat.
- I have an autophagy activating complex that we just patented.
- Maybe we should patent the universe and charge everyone royalties for their existence.
- If you and so one of the tenets of a patent is you can't patent something if it's already been invented.
- If you'll excuse me, I'm going to go patent my backdraft cooling method, Backdraft TM.
- Then you have to have legal, you know, you have to patent all the contracts systems.
- Then you have to have legal, you know, you have to patent all those contracts systems.
- So then I move forward with designing it, getting the patented.
- You know, he's he's he's clever, but his brilliance was in his patent patenting.
- This man is a patented style of creative and, and I think if God could have patented him, he would.
Examples
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And NYU, my university, actually patented one of these algorithms.
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I wrote a paper in 1997 about patenting software in North America.
Academic text (1999) -
Then you have to have legal, you know, you have to patent all the contracts systems.
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Then you have to have legal, you know, you have to patent all those contracts systems.
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And it is an innovation that we might patent or copyright an idea.
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So suppose one of your lab members said, Eureka, do you patent it or do you publish it?
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An application has been filed to patent these compounds as antimicrobial agents.
Academic text (1995) -
I design, build, and patent non-invasive sensing and testing devices for use by the medical profession.
Fiction book (2002) -
In 1852, a "Machine for Making Bags of Paper" was patented in America by Francis Wolle of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Academic text (2015) -
To protect his invention, he decided to patent it as soon as possible.
Synonyms
To get the right to stop others making or selling your invention
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
- Specialized
1
4.8
To have the right given by the government to make or sell an invention
Compounds
- Formal
7
3.4
A government office that checks, gives, and keeps records of patents and trademarks
- Specialized
7
4.9
An official request to get rights to a new invention from the government
- Specialized
6
3.9
A system of laws that gives inventors the only right to make, use, or sell an invention for a time
- Specialized
5
7.2
Making, using, or selling someone's invention that is protected by law without permission
- Specialized
2
5.2
A legal right that lets an inventor stop others from making, using, or selling an invention for a set time
- Offensive
2
9.0
A person or company that buys invention rights then sues others to get money
- Archaic
1
7.6
A medicine sold without a doctor's prescription and claimed to cure many illnesses
- Jargon
1
8.9
To use patents to demand money from companies without making the product
- Formal
An official paper from a monarch or government that gives someone the only right to make something
- Specialized
A heart problem at birth when a blood vessel between aorta and lung artery stays open, causing wrong blood flow
- Archaic
A cigar-shaped tool with spinning fins that measures a ship's speed through the water
- Formal
A document that gives an inventor the only right to make, use, or sell an invention for a set time
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb patent comes from the same idea of being 'open' in Latin patere. To patent something is to get that public, official paper that gives you the only right to your invention.