Patenter

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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 corrosion of iron and steel."

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"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 corrosion of iron and steel."

Etymology

From patent + -er.

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