patentee

CEFRC1

/ˌpeɪtənˈtiː/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person or company that holds a patent.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    One to whom a grant is made, or a privilege secured, by patent; a person, group, company etc. that has been granted a patent.

Examples

  • The patentee holds the exclusive rights to the invention.

  • The patentee has exclusive rights.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

More examples

In context
  • The patentee must disclose the invention.

  • Probably the patentee, whilst fully realising the need for drivers receiving clear signals, did not fully appreciate the primary object of the signalling system.

  • The patentee in his specifications speaks of triphenylguanidine and compares its operation as an accelerator with that guanidine, the utility of which as an accelerator he claims to have discovered, called diphenylguanidine.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The blank of the invention received exclusive rights from the government.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From patent + -ee.