Patentee
[,peitn'ti:]
Definition
(n.) One to whom a grant is made, or a privilege secured, by patent.
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Examples
- Such is the condition of our laws and practice that the patentee in seeking to enforce his rights labors under a terrible handicap. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He protested against the monopoly, but the patent remained in force, and the plan received no further development, either from the Marquis de Jouffroy, or the patentee. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The French government, fully appreciating the importance of the invention, determined to purchase it from the patentee, and to throw it open to the public. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
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