patentability
/ˌpætəntəˈbɪləti/
noun
- The quality of being able to be patented; the legal eligibility of an invention for a patent.
- The examiner questioned the patentability of the design because it was too similar to an existing one.
- The patentability of a new chemical compound depends on its novelty.
- She wrote a report on the patentability of the software algorithm.
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