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patent

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


NOUN
copyright on an invention
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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

An adjunct professor at Pepperdine’s Caruso School of Law, he’s taught ethics, antitrust, copyright and patent law.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

United Therapeutics picked up a win in its patent lawsuit against rival Liquidia when a federal judge ruled that two of United Therapeutics’ claims were valid and infringed upon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

WIPO, the UN patent and innovation agency, said AI was shortening the paths of discovery and fuelling much of the world's economic growth.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

In 1474 the republic of Venice formalized its own patent system by requiring that those wanting to claim a monopoly first register their new inventions with the state.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Press coverage of patents has steadily grown in the digital era, as the Patent Office’s online database helps enthusiasts and advocates monitor their areas of interest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

For Vitamin B-2, which aids cellular metabolism, he devised a synthesis that improved on European methods while avoiding their patents, cutting the price by more than 99%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

When a country has a relative scarcity of younger workers, that country’s technology sector rises to the occasion, resulting in “more labor-saving patents and growing high-tech activity.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

The announcement also noted GoPro’s imaging and optical technology, as well as its more than 2,500 U.S. patents.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

But patents do not last for ever, and they give you a claim only within a particular jurisdiction.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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

“Everyone flattens ideas into a tiny text box for AI, and Olive’s patented model training retains the prosody and turn-taking in a voice exchange to reveal uncompressed intent that a frontier model needs,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

"So this retains the biodegradability," she added, declining to reveal further details of the patented process.

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 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

Dad gives us his patented “behave” look and waves to Candace.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Knight had to go to court to fight a former work colleague, Charles Annan, from patenting the idea himself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

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

From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2024

The Federal Trade Commission is investigating anti-competitive action by leading benefit managers, as well as drug company patenting tricks that slow the entry of cheaper drugs to the market.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 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

And patenting cell lines didn’t require informing or getting permission from the “cell donors.”

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




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