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patent

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


NOUN
copyright on an invention
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A 2025 patent application from UCR describes the use of pinenes to improve localized insecticide injections against western drywood termites.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

Its patent expired in 2000 and the chemical is now sold by various manufacturers.

From BBC • May 6, 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 drugmaker in March reached an agreement with Arbutus Biopharma and Genevant Sciences to settle a patent dispute.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

She wore a diagonally striped dress that had been dyed black, worn by use, and a pair of scaly patent leather boots.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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