patent
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A 2025 patent application from UCR describes the use of pinenes to improve localized insecticide injections against western drywood termites.
From Science Daily • May 9, 2026
TV commercials showed construction workers jousting with FatMaxes, and Stanley sued copycat competitors for alleged patent infringement.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
Its patent expired in 2000 and the chemical is now sold by various manufacturers.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
“Over the last several years, we’ve done quite a bit of business development activity, putting products into our business that will help us offset the patent cliff over time.”
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
He closed with the hope that “any question regarding priority in any patent claims ... be settled without acrimonious discussion.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing patent
"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
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The Ingenious Lexicon of Invention
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"Of Plymouth Plantation," Vocabulary from the historical account
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