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Patentee

One to whom a grant is made, or a privilege secured, by patent.

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Artificer 76% connected

An artistic worker; a mechanic or manufacturer; one whose occupation requires skill or knowledge of a particular kind, as a silversmith.

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Discoverer 76% connected

One who discovers; one who first comes to the knowledge of something; one who discovers an unknown country, or a new principle, truth, or fact.

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Inventor 76% connected

One who invents or finds out something new; a contriver; especially, one who invents mechanical devices.

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Patent 74% connected

Open; expanded; evident; apparent; unconcealed; manifest; public; conspicuous.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Patent 74% connected

Open; expanded; evident; apparent; unconcealed; manifest; public; conspicuous.

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-ee unknown · 78% connection

A suffix used, chiefly in law terms, in a passive signification, to indicate the direct or indirect object of an action, or the one to…

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Allottee noun · 78% connection

One to whom anything is allotted; one to whom an allotment is made.

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Archdeacon noun · 78% connection

In England, an ecclesiastical dignitary, next in rank below a bishop, whom he assists, and by whom he is appointed, though with indepe…

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Assignee verb · 78% connection

A person to whom an assignment is made; a person appointed or deputed by another to do some act, perform some business, or enjoy some…

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Audita querela unknown · 78% connection

A writ which lies for a party against whom judgment is recovered, but to whom good matter of discharge has subsequently accrued which…

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Caveat noun · 78% connection

A description of some invention, designed to be patented, lodged in the patent office before the patent right is applied for, and oper…

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Concede verb · 78% connection

To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.

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Concession noun · 78% connection

A thing yielded; an acknowledgment or admission; a boon; a grant; esp. a grant by government of a privilege or right to do something;…

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Donee noun · 78% connection

Anciently, one to whom lands were given; in later use, one to whom lands and tenements are given in tail; in modern use, one on whom a…

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Faculty noun · 78% connection

A body of a men to whom any specific right or privilege is granted; formerly, the graduates in any of the four departments of a univer…

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Franchise adjective · 78% connection

A particular privilege conferred by grant from a sovereign or a government, and vested in individuals; an imunity or exemption from or…

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Godchild noun · 78% connection

One for whom a person becomes sponsor at baptism, and whom he promises to see educated as a Christian; a godson or goddaughter. See Go…

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Grantee noun · 78% connection

The person to whom a grant or conveyance is made.

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Grantor noun · 78% connection

The person by whom a grant or conveyance is made.

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Infringement noun · 78% connection

An encroachment on a patent, copyright, or other special privilege; a trespass.

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Inspeximus noun · 78% connection

The first word of ancient charters in England, confirming a grant made by a former king; hence, a royal grant.

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Lady noun · 78% connection

A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a sweetheart.

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Lapse noun · 78% connection

The termination of a right or privilege through neglect to exercise it within the limited time, or through failure of some contingency…

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