unpatented
/ʌnˈpeɪt(ə)ntɪd
/ /ʌnˈpat(ə)ntɪd/adjective
Not patented: an unpatented invention...
- By the time he died, Crompton was an embittered man having made little or no money from his invention which was unpatented and, therefore, copied by many.
- At any rate, information about unpatented inventions may be held secret during surveys as well.
- In the ‘Harvard Mouse’ case, Canada's top court reinforced efforts to keep higher forms of life unpatented when it ruled that Harvard did not have a patent on its famous ‘OncoMouse,’ designed to quickly develop cancer.
- house of cards
- House of Commons
- house of correction
- house officer
- house of God
- house of ill fame
- house of ill repute
- House of Keys
- House of Lords
- house of reformation
- House of Representatives
- house organ
- houseowner
- house paddock
- house painter
- houseparent
- house parlourmaid
- house parlourman
- house party
- House-passed
- house phone
- house physician
- house pile
- window tax
- window treatment