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nonpatent en · ADJ

Etymology

From non- + patent.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not a patent
    • The exclusivity period of a product on the market can also be extended through nonpatent exclusivities. 2013, Joanna T. Brougher, Intellectual Property and Health Technologies: Balancing ..., →ISBN, page 120:
    • NPR is a simple count of the number of references in a patent application to a wide variety of nonpatent publications, including scientific papers and articles, brochures, books, standards, documents, patent disclosure bulletins, and so on. 2003, Mark Hirschey, Tech Stock Valuation: Investor Psychology and Economic ..., →ISBN, page 164:
    • The United States Patent Office classified search files currently consist of about 18 million United States patent documents, about 12 million foreign patent documents, and about 2 million documents of nonpatent literature. 1995, Fred K. Carr, Patents Handbook: A Guide for Inventors and Researchers to ..., →ISBN: