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[pat-nt, payt-, payt-nt] / ˈpæt nt, ˈpeɪt-, ˈpeɪt nt /


NOUN
copyright on an invention
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He spent some evenings going over it, then consulted Japanese patent engineer Satoshi Tomokiyo, who maintains an online list of unsolved ciphers, to verify it.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

These companies are doing what they do best, investing in the pipelines of the future and extending the patent lives of their top-selling drugs.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

Attendees ranged from strategists at Anthropic and SAP to employees of branding firms, as well as patent attorneys who discussed AI’s influence on trademark law over coffee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Blau, Bhutani and other coauthors are inventors on patent applications held by Stanford University involving 15-PGDH inhibition for cartilage and tissue rejuvenation.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

“Ahem,” the salty woman says again, nudging one of my backpack straps with the pointed toe of her red patent high heel.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Disclosures: S.C. holds patents or pending patents on PD-L2 at Mayo Clinic and Spanish National Cancer Research Center, some of which have been licensed to Rejuveron Senescence Therapeutics.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Analysts at Barclays say investors it’s talked to are confused about the direction of the company and how it can navigate when key patents expire in 2030 and 2032.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Taction, which makes headphones and gaming headsets, claimed in 2021 that these improvements infringed patents it was issued in 2020.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

A decade ago, pharmaceutical roll-ups like Valeant convinced analysts to exclude amortization from their alternative earnings metrics, even on newly bought drug patents near expiration.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

The presence of so many scientists in the suit, many of them from top institutions, challenges the standard argument that ruling against biological patents would interfere with scientific progress.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, Bisnoff was hired by McLear Ltd., a British company, to develop a U.S. market for McLear’s patented smart rings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

If a patented drug is listed by the U.S. government as in short supply, compounders can legally produce it.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

Behind him, a largely automated line of chemical vats is off limits to cameras because the process is patented by a Canadian company, Excir.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

Also in 2023, engineering firm Hermann Ultraschall bought the rights to develop a patented ultrasonic paper sealing technology, a process which it likens to welding.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Another woman said she still believed Gey had patented the cells, then yelled, “I hope in the future this could be rectified!”

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

American inventor Louis E. Waterman is credited for developing and patenting the first modern fountain pen in 1884—one that could store ink inside and eliminate the need for a separate ink pot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025

In his spare time, he enjoys inventing and patenting original ideas.

From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2024

With the help of hid dad, he setup Arcane Footwear in 2021 after patenting a magnetic spring cushion which can be used in trainers.

From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2024

"My father absolutely just did not have any interest personally in patenting and in the vaccine being patented."

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2023

Chakrabarty’s victory opened up the possibility of patenting other living things, including genetically modified animals and cell lines, which didn’t occur naturally outside the body.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot


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