plural of patent outside

A newspaper printed only on the outside, sold to a publisher who fills the other side with local news or other material.

plural of patenter

(patent law, informal, derogatory) The practice of owning and enforcing patents in an aggressive and opportunistic manner, often with no intention of marketing or promoting the subjects of the patents

Archaic form of letters patent.

plural of Chinese patent medicine

(traditional Chinese medicine) Herbal medicine modernized into a ready-to-use form such as tablets, oral solutions or dry suspensions, as opposed to herbs that require cooking.

plural of Patenaude

Fuel, usually in the form of briquettes, made from fine, crushed coal with the addition of a binding agent.

(historical) A constitution of the Austrian Empire promulgated in the form of letters patent on February 26, 1861.