patenter

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English

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Etymology

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From patent +‎ -er.

Noun

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patenter (plural patenters)

  1. One who obtains a patent on something; a patentee.
    • 1909, Men and Women of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries, page 1430:
      SABIN, Alvah Horton: Chemical engineer; born in Norfolk, N. Y., April 1, 1851; [] He is author of: Technology of Paint and Varnish, 1905, Painting, 1908: is the inventor and patenter of modern process by which all sugar of milk is made, the inventor of processes and materials for preventing corrosion of iron and steel.
    • 1922, Maurice Harley Weseen, Everyday Uses of English, page 315:
      A manufacturer contracted with the patenter of certain skates to make and sell these skates on a royalty basis. Included in the contract was this provision : “If in any year the royalty shall not amount to $500, then []"
    • 2009, European Consortium for Political Research. Joint Sessions of Workshops, Politics of Intellectual Property: Contestation Over the Ownership, Use, and Control of Knowledge and Information, Edward Elgar Publishing, →ISBN, page 193:
      US patent data on organisations which have been granted 1000 or more patents ('frequent patenters') can be obtained for the period 1969 to 2006.

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French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pa.tɑ̃.te/
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Verb

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patenter

  1. (law) patent
  2. (Quebec) invent, make up
  3. (Quebec) repair

Conjugation

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Further reading

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German

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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patenter

  1. comparative degree of patent

Adjective

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patenter

  1. inflection of patent:
    1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
    2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
    3. strong genitive plural

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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patenter n

  1. indefinite plural of patent

Verb

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patenter

  1. imperative of patentere