Nonpatent

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Not a patent not-comparable

    "The United States Patent Office classified search files currently consist of about 18 million United States patent documents, about 12 million foreign patent documents, and about 2 million documents of nonpatent literature."

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"The United States Patent Office classified search files currently consist of about 18 million United States patent documents, about 12 million foreign patent documents, and about 2 million documents of nonpatent literature."

Etymology

From non- + patent.

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