patent

In a sentence

Six example sentences with patent, each labelled with its topic.

• Her patent covered the folding hinge, so the rival factory had to redesign its entire product line.

  Law

• The drug's patent expires next spring, and three generic manufacturers have already filed to sell the same tablet.

  Medicine

• Whitney filed a patent for the cotton gin, then spent years in court against workshops that copied the machine.

  History

• The startup's only real asset was a patent on the sensor, and the acquirer paid for that rather than the app.

  Startups

• The patent on the touchscreen gesture ran twenty years, and rival phones used clumsy workarounds until it expired.

  Technology

• Her patent on a folding silicone whisk brought royalties from every kitchen shop that stocked the gadget for a decade.

  Cooking

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