patent
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His father, an engineer, helped him file a patent application that is now pending.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
The researchers have filed a patent application for the material.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026
But Qualcomm’s design has a substantial patent portfolio behind it, which makes it defensible and harder for rivals to copy.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
Across pesticide and chemical litigation, climate lawsuits, and pharmaceutical patent disputes, the same underlying logic emerges: federal regulatory compliance deployed as a universal liability shield, usually encountering the same judicial resistance.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
There Clarkson had to push his way through a crowd of vendors selling coffins and patent medicine cures.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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Trademarks, unlike copyrights or patents, are intellectual property that are not premised on creating value for whoever registers them; they’re about protecting consumers.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
"Give me a break. They're just taking advantage of the fact that our ancestors didn't file for patents," the commenter wrote.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Innovation follows a similar pattern: Most small businesses don’t invest in research, seek patents or even trademark their names.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Shepherd is a co-founder of VNV, LLC and holds stock in and is a consultant for Aera Therapeutics, Inc., which licenses intellectual property and patents that include Arc capsids.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 30, 2026
But he had caught the patent fever, and year after year the money made by threshing and by smithing was drained off in patents.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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The University of Michigan has patented the compound and licensed it to Diapin Therapeutics.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
MP says it wanted to keep it so secret that it wasn’t patented, to avoid any public disclosures about the technique.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
But these templates don’t come anywhere close to the real thing, so Kakaiya decided to make an anatomically precise, patented 3D-printed model.
From Slate ● Jun. 7, 2026
Instead, that led to a years-long effort with engineers and other experts to develop their patented technology.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
“Why, a patented enchantment, of course. How else?”
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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American inventor Louis E. Waterman is credited for developing and patenting the first modern fountain pen in 1884—one that could store ink inside and eliminate the need for a separate ink pot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025
In his spare time, he enjoys inventing and patenting original ideas.
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission is investigating anti-competitive action by leading benefit managers, as well as drug company patenting tricks that slow the entry of cheaper drugs to the market.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
With the help of hid dad, he setup Arcane Footwear in 2021 after patenting a magnetic spring cushion which can be used in trainers.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2024
And patenting cell lines didn’t require informing or getting permission from the “cell donors.”
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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