patent
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In 1767, Bowen received a British patent for his method of producing soy sauce, a fermented condiment resembling the soy sauce already imported from Asia.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
The Harvard Office of Technology Development is actively pursuing patent protection and commercialization opportunities for the innovations arising from this research.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
The following spring, Thomas Wolf, a physicist turned patent lawyer, joined the founders as the chief science officer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
When products such as heart drug Entresto lost patent protection, Novartis’s sales took a hit initially, but they returned to growth last quarter driven by continued momentum from other key medicines and recent launches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
In between these events, in 1902, Einstein took a job with the Swiss patent office, where he stayed for the next seven years.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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
When a country has a relative scarcity of younger workers, that country’s technology sector rises to the occasion, resulting in “more labor-saving patents and growing high-tech activity.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
AbbVie protected its blockbuster drug Humira by filing more than 100 patents in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
The Zume patents could help Miso Robotics expand Flippy's capabilities, suggests Hull, though he does not cite any specific example.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
On the other side was Westinghouse Electric Company, with a bid to wire Jackson Park for alternating current, using patents that its founder, George Westinghouse, had acquired a few years earlier from Nikola Tesla.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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
It isn’t clear how many of those patented processes are in use on the factory floor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The University of Michigan has patented the compound and licensed it to Diapin Therapeutics.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
It was the perfect opportunity for a patented Roy Lee kind of move.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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
With the help of hid dad, he setup Arcane Footwear in 2021 after patenting a magnetic spring cushion which can be used in trainers.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2024
"My father absolutely just did not have any interest personally in patenting and in the vaccine being patented."
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2023
Scientists are quick to point out that John Moore’s cells were exceptional, and few cell lines are actually worth patenting.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
Vocabulary lists containing patent
"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
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