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patent

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


NOUN
copyright on an invention
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AstraZeneca AZN 3.29%increase; green up pointing triangle reported increases in revenue and profit for the third quarter, after strong sales of cancer drugs offset the effect of patent expirations to lift the group’s top line.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

The AI tool, which has a patent application pending, is designed to help doctors doing this work, not replace them.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

The University of Michigan holds the patent for the compound and has licensed it to Diapin Therapeutics.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

He spent some evenings going over it, then consulted Japanese patent engineer Satoshi Tomokiyo, who maintains an online list of unsolved ciphers, to verify it.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

I walked into class that first day with my new pink polka-dotted dress on and black patent leather shoes.

From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake

Disclosures: S.C. holds patents or pending patents on PD-L2 at Mayo Clinic and Spanish National Cancer Research Center, some of which have been licensed to Rejuveron Senescence Therapeutics.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

His stories span dealmaking, drug pricing and patents, federal regulators and the rise of China's biotech industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Audio firm Taction Technology claimed in 2021 that Apple had infringed two of its patents for haptics systems, which enable vibrations for actions such as receiving a message or pressing a button.

From BBC ● 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

“I practically built that place! I have credits on nineteen of their patents, you know. You’d think they’d have some respect.”

From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm

Competitors won’t be able to reverse-engineer it, he said, because the company has neither patented nor published the technology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Stafford and Adams also had one of their patented over-the-shoulder touchdown connections in the corner of the end zone, which made it 21-3 in the third quarter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 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

Behind him, a largely automated line of chemical vats is off limits to cameras because the process is patented by a Canadian company, Excir.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

I worked myself up into an angry storm rather quickly; another Finn Easton patented wild mood swing.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith

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

But manufacturers have long tweaked the delivery methods, patenting the changes, in ways that sometimes make the drugs more convenient to administer.

From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2024

Among other things, scientists involved in the case claim that the practice of gene patenting has inhibited their research, and they aim to stop it.

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


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