patent
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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
Pfizer faces a looming patent cliff and evaporating demand for its Covid drugs.
From Barron's • 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
“They’re all good. And the only people who make any money are the patent lawyers. Drives my mother crazy.”
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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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