patentable

English

Etymology

patent +‎ -able

Adjective

patentable (comparative more patentable, superlative most patentable)

1. (law) Able to be protected by a patent; for which a patent can be granted.
   • 1988 August 13, Miranda Kolbe, “A PWA Movement of Guerrilla Clinics”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 5, page 8:

     The funding gap is not the sole, or primary reason so few drugs are approved. Whether a product is patentable, and therefore profitable for a pharmaceutical company, is a major determinant in the rate at which it will proceed along the NIH process.

Translations

Able to be protected by a patent; for which a patent can be granted

• Finnish: jonka voi patentoida (literally “that can be patented”), patentoitavissa oleva
• French: brevetable (fr)
• German: patentierbar
• Italian: brevettabile
• Spanish: patentable

French

Adjective

patentable (plural patentables)

1. patentable

Further reading

• “patentable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Spanish

Etymology

From patentar +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /patenˈtable/ [pa.t̪ẽn̪ˈt̪a.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: pa‧ten‧ta‧ble

Adjective

patentable m or f (masculine and feminine plural patentables)

1. patentable

Derived terms

• patentabilidad

 

Further reading

• “patentable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014