Patentee Meaning
/ˌpeɪtənˈtiː/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounOne to whom a grant is made, or a privilege secured, by patent; a person, group, company etc. that has been granted a patent.
Sentence Examples
The patentee has exclusive rights.
The patentee must disclose the invention.
The patentee holds the exclusive rights to the invention.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of the invention received exclusive rights from the government.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ retained exclusive rights to manufacture and sell the device for twenty years.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English patent English -ee English patentee From patent + -ee.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 1929, Decisions of the Commissioner of Patents and of the United States Courts in Patent and Trade-mark and Copyright Cases, page 256:
"Probably the patentee, whilst fully realising the need for drivers receiving clear signals, did not fully appreciate the primary object of the signalling system."
— 1946 November and December, “Notes and News: Colour-Light Signals 100 Years Ago”, in Railway Magazine, page 387:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of the invention received exclusive rights from the government.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ retained exclusive rights to manufacture and sell the device for twenty years.