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antipatent

antipatent adjective: opposing patents (legal claims to inventions) or the nature of current patent law.

Adjective

antipatent (comparative more antipatent, superlative most antipatent)

  1. Opposing patents (legal claims to inventions) or the nature of current patent law.

Forms of antipatent

comparativemore antipatent
superlativemost antipatent

Origin of antipatent

From anti- + patent.

Questions about antipatent

What does antipatent mean?
Antipatent means opposing patents (legal claims to inventions) or the nature of current patent law.
What part of speech is antipatent?
Antipatent is an adjective.

Words near antipatent in the dictionary

  1. antipasti
  2. antipasto
  3. antipastoral
  4. antipastorals
  5. antipastos
  6. antipatent
  7. Antipater
  8. antipaternal
  9. antipaternalistic
  10. antipatharian
  11. antipatharians

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