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patentable

patentable adjective: able to be protected by a patent; for which a patent can be granted.

Adjective

patentable (comparative more patentable, superlative most patentable)

  1. Able to be protected by a patent; for which a patent can be granted.
    • The funding gap is not the sole, or primary reason so few drugs are approved. Whether a product is patentable, and therefore profitable for a pharmaceutical company, is a major determinant in the rate at which it will proceed along the NIH process.1988 August 13, Miranda Kolbe, “A PWA Movement of Guerrilla Clinics”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 5, page 8

Forms of patentable

comparativemore patentable
superlativemost patentable

Origin of patentable

From patent + -able.

Words formed from patentable

Questions about patentable

What does patentable mean?
Patentable means able to be protected by a patent; for which a patent can be granted.
What part of speech is patentable?
Patentable is an adjective.

Words near patentable in the dictionary

  1. patent troll
  2. patent trolling
  3. patent trolls
  4. patentabilities
  5. patentability
  6. patentable
  7. patentably
  8. patentcy
  9. patented
  10. patentee
  11. patentees

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