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patenting

patenting is the present participle and gerund of patent.

Meaning of patent

Verb

patent (third-person singular simple present patents, present participle patenting, simple past and past participle patented)

  1. (transitive) To (successfully) register (a new invention) with a government agency to obtain the sole privilege of its manufacture, sale, and use for a specified period.
    • To his great credit, Manson refused to patent his invention, as he desired to remove any obstacle to its adoption by other companies.1946 November and December, “The Why and The Wherefore: Tablet Exchange Apparatus, L.M.S.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 392
  2. (US, historical, transitive) To obtain (over a piece of real property) a specific grant of ownership.
  3. (figuratively, transitive) To be closely associated or identified with (something); to monopolize.

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Questions about patenting

What is patenting the present participle and gerund of?
Patenting is the present participle and gerund of patent.

Words near patenting in the dictionary

  1. patentese
  2. patentest
  3. patentholder
  4. patentholders
  5. patentholding
  6. patenting
  7. patentless
  8. patentlike
  9. patently
  10. patentometric
  11. patentometrics

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Adapted from Wiktionary: patenting (page history and authors); patent (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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