nonpatent

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ patent.

Adjective

nonpatent (not comparable)

  1. Not a patent
    • 1995, Fred K. Carr, Patents Handbook: A Guide for Inventors and Researchers to ...‎, →ISBN:
      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.
    • 2003, Mark Hirschey, Tech Stock Valuation: Investor Psychology and Economic ...‎, →ISBN, page 164:
      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.
    • 2013, Joanna T. Brougher, Intellectual Property and Health Technologies: Balancing ...‎, →ISBN, page 120:
      The exclusivity period of a product on the market can also be extended through nonpatent exclusivities.
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