patent
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China accounted for 60% of all quantum patent applications as of 2024, though a smaller share actually were granted.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
But Hunt didn’t patent his invention at the time, in part because his daughter owned a corset-making business in Manhattan.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
While Walter Hunt’s daughter dissuaded her father from obtaining a sewing-machine patent, Elias Howe Jr.’s wife inspired her husband to get one.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
And later, in 1853, the U.S. patent office denied Hunt’s belated application for his 1830s sewing-machine invention.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
Riding downtown for the piano recital, I sat in the backseat of the Buick wearing a nice dress and patent leather shoes, my hair in pigtails, experiencing the first cold sweat of my life.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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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