patentee
- noun
- /pæˈtɛnˌti/
- Specialized
- The swing of public and judicial opinion in favor of the patentee in the 1830s and 1840s was a key element of the story.
- in favor of the patentee
Examples
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In exchange for that information, the patentee gains the right to exclude others from practicing the invention defined by the claims.
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Why, for example, are less than 2% of American patentees women (Axelrod, 1988)?
Academic text (1991) -
But they did not permit the patentee to own the function itself, however implemented.
Blog text (28) -
One of the patentees is a good Catholic ...
Academic text (1990) -
Anything but prevention takes away the privilege which the law confers upon the patentee.
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Not all patentees can benefit by going to the ITC, however.
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No longer will a patentee be able to get an injunction merely upon a showing of infringement.
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First, the case must have reached a decision on the merits of the patentee's claim of infringement.
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Traditionally, nearly all patentees received a permanent injunction after prevailing on liability.
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The patentee received official recognition for their innovative invention after years of hard work.
Synonyms
A person or group that officially receives something such as money, rights, property
A person or company that legally owns an invention and can stop others using it
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Etymology
Patentee comes from patent + -ee, where -ee marks 'the person who receives' something, as in employee or payee. So a patentee is the person officially given a patent and who has the right to make and sell the invention.