patenter

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English

Etymology

From patent +‎ -er.

Noun

patenter (plural patenters)

  1. One who obtains a patent on something; a patentee.
    • 1909, Men and Women of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries, page 1430:
      SABIN, Alvah Horton: Chemical engineer; born in Norfolk, N. Y., April 1, 1851; [] He is author of: Technology of Paint and Varnish, 1905, Painting, 1908: is the inventor and patenter of modern process by which all sugar of milk is made, the inventor of processes and materials for preventing corrosion of iron and steel.
    • 1922, Maurice Harley Weseen, Everyday Uses of English, page 315:
      A manufacturer contracted with the patenter of certain skates to make and sell these skates on a royalty basis. Included in the contract was this provision : “If in any year the royalty shall not amount to $500, then []"
    • 2009, European Consortium for Political Research. Joint Sessions of Workshops, Politics of Intellectual Property: Contestation Over the Ownership, Use, and Control of Knowledge and Information, Edward Elgar Publishing, →ISBN, page 193:
      US patent data on organisations which have been granted 1000 or more patents ('frequent patenters') can be obtained for the period 1969 to 2006.

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.tɑ̃.te/
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Verb

patenter

  1. (law) patent
  2. (Quebec) invent, make up
  3. (Quebec) repair

Conjugation

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

patenter

  1. comparative degree of patent

Adjective

patenter

  1. inflection of patent:
    1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
    2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
    3. strong genitive plural

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

patenter n

  1. indefinite plural of patent

Verb

patenter

  1. imperative of patentere