patentableadj.

Brit.

/ˈpatntəbl/,

/ˈpeɪtntəbl/, U.S.

/ˈpætn(t)əb(ə)l/,

/ˈpædən(t)əb(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: patent v., -able suffix.

Etymology: < patent v. + -able suffix. Compare French patentable subject to a patent (1791).

That may be patented; eligible for a patent.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > rights to do or use something > [adjective] > patented > able to be

patentable1786

1786 J. Watt Let. 12 Sept. in J. P. Muirhead Origin & Progress Mech. Inventions J. Watt (1854) II. 211 It can scarcely be patentable.

1817 Niles' Reg. 12 283/2 The improvement relied on by Witness was not useful, and consequently not a patentable improvement under the patent law.

1852 Fraser's Mag. 46 499 The sense in which patentable inventions can be adopted.

1900 Catholic World 75 875 (advt.) Anyone..may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable.

1959 Listener 31 Dec. 1147/2 A technical improvement using known means which lacks the degree of originality demanded of a patentable invention.

2003 Seattle Times (Nexis) 28 July c3 Entire industries..which had never considered their ideas patentable, sought to protect intellectual property.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	patentable
释义	patentableadj. Brit. /ˈpatntəbl/, /ˈpeɪtntəbl/, U.S. /ˈpætn(t)əb(ə)l/, /ˈpædən(t)əb(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: patent v., -able suffix. Etymology: < patent v. + -able suffix. Compare French patentable subject to a patent (1791). That may be patented; eligible for a patent. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > rights to do or use something > [adjective] > patented > able to be patentable1786 1786 J. Watt Let. 12 Sept. in J. P. Muirhead Origin & Progress Mech. Inventions J. Watt (1854) II. 211 It can scarcely be patentable. 1817 Niles' Reg. 12 283/2 The improvement relied on by Witness was not useful, and consequently not a patentable improvement under the patent law. 1852 Fraser's Mag. 46 499 The sense in which patentable inventions can be adopted. 1900 Catholic World 75 875 (advt.) Anyone..may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable. 1959 Listener 31 Dec. 1147/2 A technical improvement using known means which lacks the degree of originality demanded of a patentable invention. 2003 Seattle Times (Nexis) 28 July c3 Entire industries..which had never considered their ideas patentable, sought to protect intellectual property. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1786
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