Patentor
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 One who obtains a legal patent.
"Among Japanese workers who had obtained patents, a "super group" of patentors was observable, with more than half of all patentors obtaining ten or more patents. In the United States, two-thirds of patentors had obtained only[…]"
- 2 One who grants a legal patent.
"In that case the whole question was, whether the patentee was entitled to the patent? In ours the whole question is, whether the State, the patentor, had any title to impart by patent?"
Synonyms
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More examples"Among Japanese workers who had obtained patents, a "super group" of patentors was observable, with more than half of all patentors obtaining ten or more patents. In the United States, two-thirds of patentors had obtained only[…]"
Etymology
From patent + -or.
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