patent
Example Sentences
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Its patent expired in 2000 and the chemical is now sold by various manufacturers.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
Pfizer faces a looming patent cliff and evaporating demand for its Covid drugs.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
Dean, Park, Safavi-Naeini, and Stokowski are inventors on a patent application that covers methods for achieving quantum advantage in power-constrained photonic sensors.
From Science Daily • May 5, 2026
The court found that administrative patent judges, who hold inferior office, should be subject to appointment by both the president and the Senate, unless their relevant director appoints them.
From Salon • May 2, 2026
The slippers on my feet are scuffed patent leather.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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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"Of Plymouth Plantation," Vocabulary from the historical account
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