Patentee
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One to whom a grant is made, or a privilege secured, by patent; a person, group, company etc. that has been granted a patent.
"The patentee in his specifications speaks of triphenylguanidine and compares its operation as an accelerator with that guanidine, the utility of which as an accelerator he claims to have discovered, called diphenylguanidine."
- 2 the inventor to whom a patent is issued wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"The patentee in his specifications speaks of triphenylguanidine and compares its operation as an accelerator with that guanidine, the utility of which as an accelerator he claims to have discovered, called diphenylguanidine."
Etymology
From patent + -ee.