provisional patent

collocation in English

meaningsofprovisionalandpatent

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provisional
adjective
uk
/prəˈvɪʒ.ən.əl/us
/prəˈvɪʒ.ən.əl/
for the present time but likely ...
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patent
noun
uk
/ˈpeɪ.tənt/us
/ˈpæt.ənt/
the official legal right to make or sell an invention for a particular number ...
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(Definition ofprovisionalandpatentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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You can get aprovisionalpatent, when you do not know whether the patent will be valuable or not, at a very low fee indeed.
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The idea of the downcomer and short separation tank was developed and aprovisionalpatentapplication was lodged in 1986.
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There is no such thing as aprovisionalpatent.
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Thus, it is possible to file aprovisionalpatentapplication more quickly and cheaply than a non-provisionalpatentapplication.
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Theprovisionalpatentapplication is only pending for 12 months prior to becoming abandoned.
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In the fall of 2009, it was determined that the company was in a position to file its first twoprovisionalpatentapplications.
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Aprovisionalpatenthas been filed and capital is being sought to develop a suite of mobile encoding and decoding software for mainstream, low-resolution camera mobile phones.
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A non-provisional application must be filed within twelve months of the filing date of aprovisionalpatentin order for the inventor to claim the benefit of the provisional application...
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The results of his research work have also yielded five patents and two provisional patents.
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His research has led to several technological breakthroughs, and he currently holds seven patents and 14 provisional patents.
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