patent
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This patent expires in 2028, opening the door for lower-cost versions to compete.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
In the 1880s, Granville T. Woods won patent battles to protect his inventions, including a system to allow moving trains to communicate wirelessly.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
A patent application has been filed by Cambridge Enterprise, the University's innovation arm.
From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026
Most of its other businesses should grow as well, though a few drugs are in decline as they lose patent exclusivity.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
The doll’s lace-trimmed blue silk dress, pink hair bow, black patent leather slippers and white silk socks duplicated exactly the clothes of the beautiful Mary.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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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