Patentholder

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The holder of a patent.

    "The advantage of adopting an abandoned drug is that the former patentholder has usually done the chemical analyses, animal studies and, sometimes, early human trials, saving millions of dollars."

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patentee

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"The advantage of adopting an abandoned drug is that the former patentholder has usually done the chemical analyses, animal studies and, sometimes, early human trials, saving millions of dollars."

Etymology

From patent + holder.

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