How to Use patent in a Sentence

patent

1 of 2 noun

• The product is protected by patent.
• Ross also held a patent on the nets the league used for years.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Jan. 2021
• The two Ford patents received approval in the past week.
  — Mihir Maddireddy, Car and Driver, 30 Jan. 2020
• The duo designed the prototype and worked to get a patent.
  — Sue Strachan, NOLA.com, 10 Feb. 2018
• Facebook, though, hasn't removed the post, and the text and link to what the users' claims to be the patent are still there.
  — Stephen Gandel, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2020
• But to them, policosanols are a ruse — the goal is to patent all panela.
  — New York Times, 26 Jan. 2021
• That’s just one of the ideas Ford recently filed a patent for.
  — Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2023
• The patent black bottle is shaped like a word bubble with the phrase Vibes splashed across the front.
  — Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 July 2018
• But at the end of the day the patent holders, not public interest, call the shots.
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 3 Mar. 2021
• The patent was filed last August and made public a few days ago.
  — David Phelan, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2021
• And over a $100 billion worth of new medicines going off patent in the next five years.
  — CBS News, 2 Feb. 2018
• Margiela’s patent Tabi loafers add just the right touch of interest.
  — Christina Holevas, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2024
• The 1879 patent model for the bag machine is displayed in the section on Knight.
  — Alicia Ault, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2024
• The problem dates back at least 10 years, when patent protection for the...
  — Carol Ryan, WSJ, 11 Apr. 2019
• Tell us your patent story at [e-mail].
  — Popular Mechanics, 25 Dec. 2018
• The patent will specify the scope of protection and the duration of the patent term.
  — Jon Stojan, Journal Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2023
• And patents for new inventions decline by up to 9% in two to four years, the study says.
  — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
• Two of their patents have been approved and six more are pending.
  — Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 18 Sep. 2019
• The patent, which has already expired and on which a third term is asked, is for the ‘feed’ motion.
  — Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 12 Dec. 2022
• To protect an idea, with patents and so on, involved spilling it.
  — The Economist, 16 Mar. 2018
• Bath was the first Black woman doctor to receive a patent.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 28 Sep. 2021
• Add a drop or two of liquid dish soap to a damp cleaning cloth and wash the patent surface clean.
  — Taryn Mohrman, Good Housekeeping, 20 Apr. 2023
• The dress featured a tulle skirt overlay, black patent waist belt, and pockets(!!!).
  — Lauren Alexis Fisher, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Feb. 2019
• Many of the patent applications were filed more than 20 years ago.
  — Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Jan. 2022
• The patent says the soft helmet can be used as a liner or as a helmet itself.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 28 Oct. 2017
• The faux leather loafers are available in sizes 6 through 11 and in three colors: beige, patent black, and matte black.
  — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2023
• The process, protected by a patent, leaves no room for error.
  — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 12 May 2021
• For all my comprehension the course book may as well be on patent law.
  — Cheryl Jarvis, Longreads, 10 June 2020
• The patent covers trucks, buses, ships, planes, drones and even spaceships.
  — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 30 May 2018
• Disney holds large numbers of patents and seeks more each year.
  — Paul Brinkmann, OrlandoSentinel.com, 8 Mar. 2018

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patent

2 of 2 verb

• The product was patented by its inventor.
• This has all the makings of the show’s patented 2-on-1.
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al.com, 4 June 2019
• Ajmera hopes that Zhang will be able to patent her product.
  — Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2024
• In the past, cases about patenting genes have reached the highest courts.
  — Ryan P. Smith, Smithsonian, 13 June 2018
• And patent it all Apple did—right down to the slide-to-unlock feature and beveled edges.
  — Nat Watkins, Wired, 15 Mar. 2022
• Eventually skates were patented, and roller rinks were opened in the U.K., and then in the U.S.
  — Amanda Alcántara, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2023
• One of the things that Theranos was good at was patenting a lot of things.
  — Recode Staff, Recode, 3 June 2018
• They’ve been urged by those in the field to get their washing machine patented.
  — Deanna Weniger, Twin Cities, 3 June 2019
• Borden was the first to patent its process for condensing milk and the first to use glass milk bottles.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Jan. 2020
• Oh, and the Drip Drop was patented by the time Nassif and Greenwald finished eighth grade.
  — Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Know, 5 Aug. 2019
• The huge fifth wheel, designed and patented by its creator, was a thing of beauty.
  — Denise Coffey, courant.com, 28 June 2019
• The artist and two of his associates patented their own version.
  — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 18 Apr. 2023
• The first slide, or pump, action firearm was patented in Great Britain by one Alexander Bain.
  — David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 7 Jan. 2020
• In 2011, Jeff Bezos patented a method to protect a phone from a fall with jets of blasted air.
  — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 28 June 2018
• In fact, pellet grills date back to 1985, when Joe Traeger patented the design.
  — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 8 Mar. 2023
• Migrants are twice as likely as the native-born to start a business and three times as likely to patent an idea.
  — The Economist, 16 Nov. 2019
• One post on Facebook says the U.S. patented a vaccine years ago for the coronavirus.
  — Stephen Gandel, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2020
• Certainly, Tesla saw the potential for the motor and was quick to patent his.
  — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 14 Mar. 2023
• The practice of patenting genes, once banned by the Supreme Court, may come back soon despite a measure of horror the very idea once inspired.
  — Faye Flam, Twin Cities, 20 June 2019
• The archives released a diagram of the machine, which was patented in 1913.
  — Martin Finucane, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Apr. 2018
• Alkaline hydrolysis was patented in the U.S. in 1888, and the process hasn’t changed much since then.
  — Emily Atkin, The New Republic, 14 June 2018
• And to be sure, Ford regularly tries to patent a lot of really weird ideas.
  — Sean O'Kane, The Verge, 20 Nov. 2018
• Alkaline hydrolysis was patented in the US in 1888, and the process hasn’t changed much since then.
  — Emily Atkin, WIRED, 17 June 2018
• Cui applied for a grant, won it, and went on to patent his new fabric technology.
  — Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 30 Jan. 2022
• Nouhou raced along the left flank in one of his patented, break-neck rushes that typically lifts fans out of their seasts.
  — Geoff Baker, The Seattle Times, 8 Oct. 2018
• The company won't even patent the process for fear of exposing its secrets.
  — Eric Tingwall, Car and Driver, 1 July 2020
• Speaking of which, maybe someone will patent some sort of paper-thin device the refs can use to try and stick between the football and the end of a first-down marker.
  — Jim Derry, NOLA.com, 19 Dec. 2017
• All along, their formula has not wavered: Fill the floor with shooters for the four-out, one-in motion offense Wright patented in the mid-2000s.
  — Zach Schonbrun, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2018
• Then came one of their patented, late and meaningless flurries as the clock ran down and the life drained from another season.
  — Dom Amore, courant.com, 8 Mar. 2018
• There were forward-rowing devices patented in the 1800s!
  — Randy Artruc, Popular Mechanics, 29 May 2019

Last Updated: 23 Apr 2024