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Example sentences for: patent

How can you use “patent” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

This gave Newton time to get to the patent office and file his claim for calculus, before Leibniz could figure out what had happened.
If products were protected by patents or other intellectual property claims, the government could grant compulsory licenses (a procedure allowed by trade agreements to override monopoly rights on a patent, in return for compensation to rights owners; see Box 1) and permit rapid introduction of generic competition.
When the patent expired, new manufacturers simply used shredded wheat as a descriptive term.
But evisceration of patent protections could slow the development of the drugs poor countries need.
Today, sober or smoldering brunettes leave their natural roots in place and add blondness to taste, as a patent ornament and sophisticated reference.