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patent

[pat-nt, peyt-, peyt-nt] / ˈpæt nt, ˈpeɪt-, ˈpeɪt nt /


NOUN
copyright on an invention
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India is now third in a global AI power ranking -- sitting above South Korea and Japan -- based on more than 40 indicators from patents to private funding calculated by Stanford University's Institute for Human-Centered AI.

From Barron's

In 1887 German-American inventor Emile Berliner invented the flat shellac disk, quickly saw its advantage for mass production, and patented a device to play them, the gramophone, that same year.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Hims & Hers strategy of undercutting patented drugs arguably went too far and always seemed like a mirage, as far as strategy goes.

From The Wall Street Journal

The company is looking in particular for new drugs success as its blockbuster anti-inflammation treatment Dupixent, which had sales of more than 15 billion euros last year, will lose its patent protection in five years.

From Barron's

Bisha also discovered that the National Agency for Information Society, which developed the AI, filed a patent on her image and voice without informing her -- a move that she says affected her ability to work.

From Barron's