patentable
/ˈpætəntəbəl/
adjective
- Able to be protected by a patent (a legal right to be the only one allowed to make or sell an invention).
- The inventor spent years proving that his device was patentable under current law.
- The new software algorithm was considered patentable by the company's lawyers.
- Not every clever idea is patentable; it must be new and useful.
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