patentable
English
Adjective
patentable (comparative more patentable, superlative most patentable)
- (law) Able to be protected by a patent; for which a patent can be granted.
- 1988 August 13, Miranda Kolbe, “A PWA Movement of Guerrilla Clinics”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 5, page 8:
- 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.
Translations
Able to be protected by a patent; for which a patent can be granted
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French
Further reading
- “patentable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /patenˈtable/ [pa.t̪ẽn̪ˈt̪a.β̞le]
- Rhymes: -able
- Syllabification: pa‧ten‧ta‧ble
Derived terms
Further reading
- “patentable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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