patentholder

English

Etymology

patent +‎ holder

Noun

patentholder (plural patentholders)

  1. The holder of a patent.
    • 2008 January 8, Donald G. Mcneil Jr., “Jump-Start on Slow Trek to Treatment for a Disease”, in New York Times‎:
      The advantage of adopting an abandoned drug is that the former patentholder has usually done the chemical analyses, animal studies and, sometimes, early human trials, saving millions of dollars.
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