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


NOUN
copyright on an invention
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These companies are doing what they do best, investing in the pipelines of the future and extending the patent lives of their top-selling drugs.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

Blau, Bhutani and other coauthors are inventors on patent applications held by Stanford University involving 15-PGDH inhibition for cartilage and tissue rejuvenation.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

International patent applications for GLP-1s rose 28% in the 12 months to March 2026, according to an analysis by law firm Pinsent Masons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

An adjunct professor at Pepperdine’s Caruso School of Law, he’s taught ethics, antitrust, copyright and patent law.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

That “heroic theory of invention,” as it is termed, is encouraged by patent law, because an applicant for a patent must prove the novelty of the invention submitted.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Disclosures: S.C. holds patents or pending patents on PD-L2 at Mayo Clinic and Spanish National Cancer Research Center, some of which have been licensed to Rejuveron Senescence Therapeutics.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

His stories span dealmaking, drug pricing and patents, federal regulators and the rise of China's biotech industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Analysts at Barclays say investors it’s talked to are confused about the direction of the company and how it can navigate when key patents expire in 2030 and 2032.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Taction, which makes headphones and gaming headsets, claimed in 2021 that these improvements infringed patents it was issued in 2020.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Each year, the United States issues about 70,000 patents, only a few of which ultimately reach the stage of commercial production.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Stafford and Adams also had one of their patented over-the-shoulder touchdown connections in the corner of the end zone, which made it 21-3 in the third quarter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

“Everyone flattens ideas into a tiny text box for AI, and Olive’s patented model training retains the prosody and turn-taking in a voice exchange to reveal uncompressed intent that a frontier model needs,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

"So this retains the biodegradability," she added, declining to reveal further details of the patented process.

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

If a patented drug is listed by the U.S. government as in short supply, compounders can legally produce it.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

Edison’s famous “invention” of the incandescent light bulb on the night of October 21, 1879, improved on many other incandescent light bulbs patented by other inventors between 1841 and 1878.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Knight had to go to court to fight a former work colleague, Charles Annan, from patenting the idea himself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

In his spare time, he enjoys inventing and patenting original ideas.

From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2024

But manufacturers have long tweaked the delivery methods, patenting the changes, in ways that sometimes make the drugs more convenient to administer.

From Salon ● Feb. 2, 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

Lawrence eventually accepted the patenting of scientific inventions as a necessary evil.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik


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