patentee

[ pat-n-teeor, especially British, peyt- ]

noun

1. a person, group, or company that has been granted a patent.

patentee

/ ˌpeɪtənˈtiː; ˌpæ- /

noun

1. a person, group, company, etc, that has been granted a patent

Word History and Origins

Origin of patentee¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; patent, -ee

Example Sentences

In California tobacco is cured by the method known as (p. 455) the "Culp process" from the name of its patentee.

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Notwithstanding, the employer is the owner of the patent and may compel the patentee to transfer it to him.

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It must be new not only to the patentee, but to all the people in this country, and at the time he filed his invention.

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In time they would return to their patentee and proprietor, and it was then that things became exciting.

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The patentee had chiefly in view the movement of troops by this method.

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