be patent
Example Sentences
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"Some of our greatest inventors would be patent trolls under this law. Our universities would be patent trolls."
From US News ● Jul. 14, 2015
International Business Machines Corp, one of the largest holders of patents, prefers that most software be patent eligible.
From Reuters ● Feb. 27, 2014
In the near future, the greatest beneficiaries may be patent lawyers.
From Economist ● Dec. 8, 2011
This is, or ought to be, patent to any one who will compare the style of the Apostles and Evangelists with that of the monkish hagiologists.
From The Hermits by Charles Kingsley
"That must be patent leather," said the old lady, "they shine so."
From The Pearl Story Book A Collection of Tales, Original and Selected by Mrs. (Pamela Chandler) Colman
