Patentor

Quick meaning: Patentor is a noun meaning One who obtains a legal patent.

Meaning

One who obtains a legal patent.

More Meanings

1. One who grants a legal patent.

Example Sentences

Besides, this record shows that all the proceedings upon which the patent issued were entirely ex parte, and were binding upon no one except the patentor and patentee.

In that case the whole question was, whether the patentee was entitled to the patent? In ours the whole question is, whether the State, the patentor, had any title to impart by patent?

Single patentors patent over short spells (three years maximum) producing few patents. This group comprises 71 per cent of the sample (64 per cent in Geroski et al., 1997) and produced 1,146 patents per firm.

At the application stage, the patentor typically submits a list of member countries where s/he intends to later employ the patent. At this stage and until the patent is granted, the patentor must pay renewal fees to the EPO.

Word Forms

• patentors

Synonyms for patentor

Depending on context, synonyms include patenter.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include patenter, patentholder, copyrighter, innoventor, obtainer, inventor.

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