protect a patent

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• Patent — Pat ent, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Patented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Patenting}.] To grant by patent; to make the subject of a patent; to secure or protect by patent; as, to patent an invention; to patent public lands. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• patent right — ➔ right * * * patent right UK US noun [C, usually plural] LAW ► the right to make or sell something that is given to a particular person or company through a patent: »The pharmaceutical group was granted exclusive patent rights in the US for a… …   Financial and business terms

• patent — 01. Book matches were [patented] by an American inventor in 1892. 02. Pharmaceutical companies are calling on the government to protect their [patent] on prescription drugs for a minimum of 10 years. 03. The man who invented the artificial heart… …   Grammatical examples in English

• Patent troll — is a pejorative but questioned term used for a person or company who is a non practicing inventor, and buys and enforces patents against one or more alleged infringers in a manner considered by the target or observers as unduly aggressive or… …   Wikipedia

• patent — pat·ent 1 / pat ənt3 also pāt / adj [Anglo French, from Latin patent patens, from present participle of patēre to be open] 1 a: open to public inspection see also letters patent at letter 2 …   Law dictionary

• patent protection — ➔ protection * * * patent protection UK US noun [U] LAW ► laws that protect a person or a company that has created a new product or way of doing something, by stopping anyone else from copying or using it for a particular period of time: apply… …   Financial and business terms

• patent — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun VERB + PATENT ▪ apply for, file ▪ In 1843 Bain filed a patent for his fax machine. ▪ get, obtain, take out ▪ pro …   Collocations dictionary

• Patent — A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to an inventor or his assignee for a fixed period of time in exchange for a disclosure of an invention.The procedure for granting patents, the requirements placed on the patentee and the… …   Wikipedia

• Patent application — A patent application is a request pending at a patent office for the grant of a patent for the invention described and claimed by that application. An application consists of a description of the invention (the patent specification ), together… …   Wikipedia

• Patent medicine — E.W. Kemble s Death s Laboratory in Collier s in 1906 Patent medicine refers to medical compounds of questionable effectiveness sold under a variety of names and labels. The term patent medicine is somewhat of a misnomer because, in most cases,… …   Wikipedia

• Patent infringement — Patent law (patents for inventions) …   Wikipedia