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patentee

patentee

1 7.2
A person or company given the legal right to make and sell a new invention
  • noun
  • /pæˈtɛnˌti/
  • Specialized
translation icon : titular de la patente
  • 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

  • In exchange for that information, the patentee gains the right to exclude others from practicing the invention defined by the claims.

    Academic text (2009)
  • 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.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Not all patentees can benefit by going to the ITC, however.

    Academic text (2006)
  • No longer will a patentee be able to get an injunction merely upon a showing of infringement.

    Academic text (2006)
  • First, the case must have reached a decision on the merits of the patentee's claim of infringement.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Traditionally, nearly all patentees received a permanent injunction after prevailing on liability.

    Academic text (2017)
  • The patentee received official recognition for their innovative invention after years of hard work.

Synonyms

grantee
vspatentee
  • Specialized
4 6.2

A person or group that officially receives something such as money, rights, property

is specific to receiving patent rights rather than any official recipient
patenter
vspatentee
  • Specialized
8.2

A person or company that legally owns an invention and can stop others using it

is the original inventor who received the patent rather than any holder

How Aggressive

patent troll
  • Offensive
2 9.0
patentee
  • Specialized
1 7.2
inventor
108 3.0

Surface Forms

patentee singular
patentees plural

Morphology

patentee = patent (transparent) = patent + ee

The suffix '-ee' is commonly used to denote the person to whom something is given or done, making the word's meaning clear.

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.