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patenter

patenter noun: one who obtains a patent on something; a patentee.

Noun

patenter (plural patenters)

  1. One who obtains a patent on something; a patentee.
    • 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...1909, Men and Women of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries, page 1430
    • 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[…]"1922, Maurice Harley Weseen, Everyday Uses of English, page 315

Forms of patenter

pluralpatenters

Origin of patenter

From patent + -er.

Questions about patenter

What does patenter mean?
Patenter means one who obtains a patent on something; a patentee.
What part of speech is patenter?
Patenter is a noun.
What is the plural of patenter?
The plural of patenter is patenters.

Words near patenter in the dictionary

  1. patented
  2. patentee
  3. patentees
  4. patenteeship
  5. patenteeships
  6. patenter
  7. patenters
  8. patentese
  9. patentest
  10. patentholder
  11. patentholders

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