nonpatentability

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English

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Etymology

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From non- +‎ patentability.

Noun

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nonpatentability (uncountable)

  1. (law) The characteristic of being nonpatentable; inability to be patented.
    • 1976, Thurgood Marshall, Dann v. Johnston, 425 U.S. 219, 224 (1976):
      The Solicitor of the Patent Office argued before the CCPA that Benson’s holding of nonpatentability as to the computer program in that case was controlling here.