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patentable en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English patent Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English patentable From patent + -able.

Meanings

1. Able to be protected by a patent; for which a patent can be granted.
   • The funding gap is not the sole, or primary reason so few drugs are approved. Whether a product is patentable, and therefore profitable for a pharmaceutical company, is a major determinant in the rate at which it will proceed along the NIH process. 1988 August 13, Miranda Kolbe, “A PWA Movement of Guerrilla Clinics”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 5, page 8:

Forms

Deriveds

patentably · unpatentable · nonpatentable

Translations (6)

it brevettabile (Able to be protected by a patent; for which a patent can be granted) · fi patentoitavissa oleva (Able to be protected by a patent; for which a patent can be granted) · fi jonka voi patentoida (Able to be protected by a patent; for which a patent can be granted) · es patentable (Able to be protected by a patent; for which a patent can be granted) · fr brevetable (Able to be protected by a patent; for which a patent can be granted) · de patentierbar (Able to be protected by a patent; for which a patent can be granted)