Without a patent or patents.

(informal) A patent first published and granted long after the filing of the initial application.

Leather that has been given a high-gloss, shiny finish.

(informal) The legal jargon used in patents.

(nautical) A taffrail log

plural of patentholder

The holder of a patent.

A paten (plate for the host in the Eucharist). / A grassy expanse in the hill region of Ceylon.

(law) A group of patents in a field of technology which collectively impede a party from commercializing its own patents or products in that field.

plural of patent thicket