patent
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Patent Office ruled—more than once—that Woods was the prior inventor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
Patent and Trademark Office notified Nike of its decision with a letter of refusal earlier this week, citing “likelihood of confusion” with an already-registered mark by the Back9 Golf Apparel company.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
On Nov. 24, 1874, Glidden was awarded Patent No. 157,124, which he prophetically named “The Winner.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
Patent applications have been filed for the technology, listing Brantley Hall and Santiago Botasini as inventors.
From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026
Patent and Trademark Office database turns up more than seventeen thousand patents involving HeLa cells.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
Vocabulary lists containing patent
"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
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The Ingenious Lexicon of Invention
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