patent right
2
5.2
- noun
- /ˈpætənt raɪt/
- Specialized
:
derecho de patente
- Universities thus established ad hoc arrangements with their own professors, giving them a share of revenues in exchange for their patent rights.
So he has four of his top employees who each have margin rights, patent rights, royalty rights or the Moderna vaccine.
- So he has four of his top employees who each have margin rights, patent rights, royalty rights or the Moderna vaccine.
Examples
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But before the universities could make any proprietary deals with industry, they had first to secure the patent rights of their research faculty and staff, because patents are issued only to inventors, not to institutions.
Academic text (1998) -
Hence, China garnered its reputation for not respecting patent rights.
Blog text (14) -
First is perceived as the first creator and therefore granted patent rights if they met all other requirements.
Blog text (12) -
That cooperation is unlikely to occur if governments strip companies of their patent rights.
Academic text (2010) -
Thus, an official adoption of the Phillips standard would calm these fears that threaten confidence in patent rights.
Academic text (2017) -
Historically, prizes for technological achievements have often been used as a complement to patent rights and research contracts.
Academic text (2005) -
The American Constitution liberated self-interestedness to pursue happiness, and it did this through limited government and patent rights.
Academic text (2001) -
Eventually, they adopted formal intellectual property policies similar to those devised many decades before by private industry: employees would be required contractually to assign their patent rights to the university as a routine condition of employment.
Academic text (1998) -
Although this empirical research is too extensive to summarize here, several studies are worth mentioning regarding the Federal Circuit's impact in strengthening patent rights and harmonizing patent law.
Academic text (2017) -
The inventor applied for patent rights to protect his innovative design for a solar panel.
Synonyms
A document that gives an inventor the only right to make, use, or sell an invention for a set time
How Exclusive
- Specialized
148
4.9
- Specialized
2
5.2
- Specialized
14
7.2
∞
1.0
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from 'patent' (a document granting exclusive exploitation rights) and 'right' (a legal entitlement); together they form a straightforward noun–noun compound meaning an exclusive legal entitlement over an invention. This composition follows regular lexical and legal patterns found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Patent right comes from old 'letters patent', which were public papers a king kept open so everyone could see his permission. The word patent meant an open paper and right meant permission, so today a patent right is the government's official 'exclusive permission' to make, use, or sell an invention for a set time.