be patent
Example Sentences
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"Some of our greatest inventors would be patent trolls under this law. Our universities would be patent trolls."
From US News ● Jul. 14, 2015
International Business Machines Corp, one of the largest holders of patents, prefers that most software be patent eligible.
From Reuters ● Feb. 27, 2014
In the near future, the greatest beneficiaries may be patent lawyers.
From Economist ● Dec. 8, 2011
Shoes may be patent leather, although black calfskin are at present the fashion, either with or without spats.
From Etiquette by Emily Post
It could be no long time until the hollowness and sham would be patent to all.
From An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant by Edward Caldwell Moore
