patenterとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

patenter (複数形 patenters)

1. One who obtains a patent on something; a patentee.
   • 1909, Men and Women of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries, page 1430:

     SABIN, Alvah Horton: Chemical engineer; born in Norfolk, N. Y., April 1, 1851; […] He is author of: Technology of Paint and Varnish, 1905, Painting, 1908: is the inventor and patenter of modern process by which all sugar of milk is made, the inventor of processes and materials for preventing corrosion of iron and steel.

   • 1922, Maurice Harley Weseen, Everyday Uses of English, page 315:

     A manufacturer contracted with the patenter of certain skates to make and sell these skates on a royalty basis. Included in the contract was this provision : “If in any year the royalty shall not amount to $500, then […]"

   • 2009, European Consortium for Political Research. Joint Sessions of Workshops, Politics of Intellectual Property: Contestation Over the Ownership, Use, and Control of Knowledge and Information, Edward Elgar Publishing, →ISBN, page 193:

     US patent data on organisations which have been granted 1000 or more patents ('frequent patenters') can be obtained for the period 1969 to 2006.

アナグラム

• pattener, repatent