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nonpatentability en · NOUN

Etymology

From non- + patentability.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The characteristic of being nonpatentable; inability to be patented.
    • The Solicitor of the Patent Office argued before the CCPA that Benson’s holding of nonpatentability as to the computer program in that case was controlling here. 1976, Thurgood Marshall, Dann v. Johnston, 425 U.S. 219, 224 (1976)