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patentably

patentably adverb: to a patentable degree.

Adverb

patentably (comparative more patentably, superlative most patentably)

  1. To a patentable degree
    • The CREATE Act will now permit patents with patentably indistinct claims to be separately owned, but remain valid.1998, Jerome Rosenstock, Patent Interference Practice Handbook, →ISBN, page 17-17
    • If you included more than one embodiment and if the overall appearance or scope of the each embodiment is patentably distinct, a restriction will be required even though all embodiments are functionally the same.2005, Kay H. Chin, United States Design Patent Do it Yourself!, →ISBN, page 58

Forms of patentably

comparativemore patentably
superlativemost patentably

Origin of patentably

From patentable + -ly.

Questions about patentably

What does patentably mean?
Patentably means to a patentable degree.
What part of speech is patentably?
Patentably is an adverb.

Words near patentably in the dictionary

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

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