One who obtains a patent on something; a patentee.

plural of patentability

The state or condition of being patentable.

(patent law) To a patentable degree

plural of patenter

(Britain) A medicine that is protected by a patent. / (US) Any medicine with a proprietary formula which can be bought without a prescription, irrespective of whether it is protected by a patent.

(law) Rare form of letters patent (“a type of legal document in the form of an open letter issued by an authority granting a monopoly, right, status, or title to a person or organization”).

(law) A type of legal document in the form of an open letter issued by an authority granting a monopoly, right, status, or title to a person or organization.

plural of letter patent

(law) A patent relating to a particular area of technology which prevents another patent from being used because the other patent relies on technology covered by the first.