Patent
noun
A document granting exclusive right to an invention.
He acquired a patent for his new invention.
Often appears as...
- patent application
- patent infringement
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Formal
Technical
adjective
Open, obvious.
His actions had a patent disregard for the rules.
Often appears as...
- patent falsehood
- patent absurdity
verb
To obtain a patent for an invention.
She patented her new software program.
Often appears as...
- patent a device
- patent an invention
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
noun
A document granting exclusive right to an invention.
He acquired a patent for his new invention.
Often appears as...
- patent application
- patent infringement
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
adjective
Open, obvious.
His actions had a patent disregard for the rules.
Often appears as...
- patent falsehood
- patent absurdity
verb
To obtain a patent for an invention.
She patented her new software program.
Often appears as...
- patent a device
- patent an invention
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Exclusive Rights
A 'patent' gives someone sole permission to make, use, or sell an invention for a set time.
After getting the patent, no one else could sell his invention.
Pro Tip 2/3Complex Process
Getting a patent involves a detailed and often lengthy process, usually requiring legal help.
She's been working with a lawyer for months to patent her invention.
Pro Tip 3/3Prevent Copying
A patent protects the inventor's work from being copied or used by others without consent.
His patent on the software means that any unauthorized use could lead to lawsuits.
Pro Tip 1/3Exclusive Rights
A 'patent' gives someone sole permission to make, use, or sell an invention for a set time.
After getting the patent, no one else could sell his invention.
Pro Tip 2/3Complex Process
Getting a patent involves a detailed and often lengthy process, usually requiring legal help.
She's been working with a lawyer for months to patent her invention.
Pro Tip 3/3Prevent Copying
A patent protects the inventor's work from being copied or used by others without consent.
His patent on the software means that any unauthorized use could lead to lawsuits.
Pro Tip 1/3Exclusive Rights
A 'patent' gives someone sole permission to make, use, or sell an invention for a set time.
After getting the patent, no one else could sell his invention.
Pro Tip 2/3Complex Process
Getting a patent involves a detailed and often lengthy process, usually requiring legal help.
She's been working with a lawyer for months to patent her invention.
Pro Tip 3/3Prevent Copying
A patent protects the inventor's work from being copied or used by others without consent.
His patent on the software means that any unauthorized use could lead to lawsuits.
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Einstein's Escape from...
Come back when you wish to be taken seriously! You know, he was brilliant. But he struggled within the world of formal academia. They didn't really know what to make of him. He was working in a patent office when he was making his breakthroughs, because he couldn't even get a teaching position.
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A garden in my apartment...
And we're able to look out for the needs of newcomers. So for do-it-yourselfers, we provide free, very well-tested instructions so that anyone, anywhere around the world, can build one of these systems for free. And there's a patent pending on these systems as well that's held by the community.
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Einstein's miracle year...
But skipping classes to spend more time in the lab and neglecting to show proper deference to his professors had derailed his intended career path. Passed over even for a lab assistant position, he had to settle for a job at the Swiss patent office, obtained with the help of a friend's father.
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Michael McDaniel: Cheap,...
was bent over backwards to help us with anything we needed. So now we had a hangar space to work in, and prototypes to demo with. So in one year, we've negotiated manufacturing agreements, been awarded one patent, filed our second patent, talked to multiple people, demoed this to FEMA
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How DIY science is...
he chose telescopes he never patented his design never tried to make money off of it but he dedicated himself to teaching everyone and anyone the methods and the joy of building their own spent the rest of his life standing on street corners traveling around the world and
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Baby Meets Wild Desert...
isn't he beautiful that's broken tusks they're just putting his ear over his eye protection from the Sun the sun's just started to come out that put a stick in the in the trunk just to keep the trunk patent so he can breathe properly it's very reassuring to
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Pool medical patents,...
the first time managed to make one of those devices fly they also had taken out numerous patents on essential parts of the airplane they were not the only ones that was common practice in the industry and those who helped patterns
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Should you be able to...
Why is that? Well, the patent office had been issuing these patents for more than 20 years. There were literally thousands of patents on human genes. The patent bar was deeply entrenched in the status quo,
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Science can answer moral...
and this technology cannot be uninvented; it will always be easier to break things than to fix them. It seems to me, therefore, patently obvious that we can no more respect and tolerate
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Questioning the universe...
which is an imprint of the very early universe. We think we have solved the mystery of creation. Maybe we should patent the universe and charge everyone royalties for their existence.
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Einstein's Escape from...
Come back when you wish to be taken seriously! You know, he was brilliant. But he struggled within the world of formal academia. They didn't really know what to make of him. He was working in a patent office when he was making his breakthroughs, because he couldn't even get a teaching position.
Video examples
A garden in my apartment...
And we're able to look out for the needs of newcomers. So for do-it-yourselfers, we provide free, very well-tested instructions so that anyone, anywhere around the world, can build one of these systems for free. And there's a patent pending on these systems as well that's held by the community.
Video examples
Einstein's miracle year...
But skipping classes to spend more time in the lab and neglecting to show proper deference to his professors had derailed his intended career path. Passed over even for a lab assistant position, he had to settle for a job at the Swiss patent office, obtained with the help of a friend's father.
Video examples
Michael McDaniel: Cheap,...
was bent over backwards to help us with anything we needed. So now we had a hangar space to work in, and prototypes to demo with. So in one year, we've negotiated manufacturing agreements, been awarded one patent, filed our second patent, talked to multiple people, demoed this to FEMA
Video examples
How DIY science is...
he chose telescopes he never patented his design never tried to make money off of it but he dedicated himself to teaching everyone and anyone the methods and the joy of building their own spent the rest of his life standing on street corners traveling around the world and
Video examples
Baby Meets Wild Desert...
isn't he beautiful that's broken tusks they're just putting his ear over his eye protection from the Sun the sun's just started to come out that put a stick in the in the trunk just to keep the trunk patent so he can breathe properly it's very reassuring to
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Pool medical patents,...
the first time managed to make one of those devices fly they also had taken out numerous patents on essential parts of the airplane they were not the only ones that was common practice in the industry and those who helped patterns
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Should you be able to...
Why is that? Well, the patent office had been issuing these patents for more than 20 years. There were literally thousands of patents on human genes. The patent bar was deeply entrenched in the status quo,
Video examples
Science can answer moral...
and this technology cannot be uninvented; it will always be easier to break things than to fix them. It seems to me, therefore, patently obvious that we can no more respect and tolerate
Video examples
Questioning the universe...
which is an imprint of the very early universe. We think we have solved the mystery of creation. Maybe we should patent the universe and charge everyone royalties for their existence.
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Lori Greiner
American Inventor
I always recommend, if you can, to patent or protect whatever your idea is. If you can't, you have to make your best judgment. Sometimes people don't get anywhere because they sit on something, so afraid to reveal it. And yet, in the reverse, sometimes if you expose something too widely, you can risk losing it.
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Nathan Myhrvold
American Businessman
If people don't get paid for their inventions, that's not a good thing. In the case of many patents, there are people who aren't in a position to take them to the next level. If you don't enforce your rights, no one is going to enforce them for you.
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Sarah Lacy
American Journalist
Like patents - which also seek to protect the little guy - unions were started for all the right reasons. But like patents, they can be twisted into something that hurts innovation, competition, and ultimately consumers and the country as a whole.
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Barry Gardiner
British Politician
Dictators have an old trick to assess the strength of their opposition: they say something patently untrue, and then look to see who mindlessly repeats it. Those who do, they recognise as their true supporters.
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Linus Torvalds
Finnish Businessman
Software patents, in particular, are very ripe for abuse. The whole system encourages big corporations getting thousands and thousands of patents. Individuals almost never get them.
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Stephen Hawking
English Physicist
We think we have solved the mystery of creation. Maybe we should patent the universe and charge everyone royalties for their existence.
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Charles Duhigg
American Journalist
Patents are being used to wage war in the digital world, and as a result, patents have become a toll gate on the road of innovation.
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Adam Cohen
American Journalist
Patents have a place in medical science - for new inventions that advance the state of knowledge.
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Irwin M. Jacobs
American Businessman
When we began Qualcomm, it had become quite clear that it was very important to patent new ideas.
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Ted Waitt
American Businessman
Technology people have as much interest in protecting patents as the entertainment industry.
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Lori Greiner
American Inventor
I always recommend, if you can, to patent or protect whatever your idea is. If you can't, you have to make your best judgment. Sometimes people don't get anywhere because they sit on something, so afraid to reveal it. And yet, in the reverse, sometimes if you expose something too widely, you can risk losing it.
Quote examples
Nathan Myhrvold
American Businessman
If people don't get paid for their inventions, that's not a good thing. In the case of many patents, there are people who aren't in a position to take them to the next level. If you don't enforce your rights, no one is going to enforce them for you.
Quote examples
Sarah Lacy
American Journalist
Like patents - which also seek to protect the little guy - unions were started for all the right reasons. But like patents, they can be twisted into something that hurts innovation, competition, and ultimately consumers and the country as a whole.
Quote examples
Barry Gardiner
British Politician
Dictators have an old trick to assess the strength of their opposition: they say something patently untrue, and then look to see who mindlessly repeats it. Those who do, they recognise as their true supporters.
Quote examples
Linus Torvalds
Finnish Businessman
Software patents, in particular, are very ripe for abuse. The whole system encourages big corporations getting thousands and thousands of patents. Individuals almost never get them.
Quote examples
Stephen Hawking
English Physicist
We think we have solved the mystery of creation. Maybe we should patent the universe and charge everyone royalties for their existence.
Quote examples
Charles Duhigg
American Journalist
Patents are being used to wage war in the digital world, and as a result, patents have become a toll gate on the road of innovation.
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Adam Cohen
American Journalist
Patents have a place in medical science - for new inventions that advance the state of knowledge.
Quote examples
Irwin M. Jacobs
American Businessman
When we began Qualcomm, it had become quite clear that it was very important to patent new ideas.
Quote examples
Ted Waitt
American Businessman
Technology people have as much interest in protecting patents as the entertainment industry.
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