patent
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Merck’s pharma business has been hit by the U.S. patent expiration of multiple-sclerosis drug Mavenclad, which used to be the division’s best-selling product.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
The company is navigating increased competition in the weight-loss drug market and settled a patent lawsuit with Novo Nordisk over compounded medications.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
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
The company sees these markets as a testing ground before semaglutide goes off patent in Europe and the U.S. in the 2030s.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 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
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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