be patent
Example Sentences
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"Some of our greatest inventors would be patent trolls under this law. Our universities would be patent trolls."
From US News ● Jul. 14, 2015
International Business Machines Corp, one of the largest holders of patents, prefers that most software be patent eligible.
From Reuters ● Feb. 27, 2014
In the near future, the greatest beneficiaries may be patent lawyers.
From Economist ● Dec. 8, 2011
He had not come to approve of Lettice's course of action, but he did not wish his disapproval to be patent to the world.
From Name and Fame A Novel by Adeline Sergeant
This must be patent to anyone who has any knowledge of the subject; but why the authorities do not put it into execution I am at a loss to imagine.
From The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28 The Independent Health Magazine by Charles William Daniel
