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
It was like this," said the obstetrician to colleagues in the staff lounge: "A Rubin test had shown the Fallopian tubes to be patent, and a H�hner test showed normal sperm survival at two hours.
From Time Magazine Archive
The masses are not reached, as will be patent to any one who will take the trouble to attend any of the courses of lectures delivered in connection with this extension system.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 by Various
