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unpatentable adjective uk /ˌʌnˈpeɪ.tən.tə.bəl/ us /ˌʌnˈpæt.ən.tə.bəl/ If something is unpatentable, it is not possible to receive a patent for it (= the legal right to be the only company that can make it or sell it): They claimed that his work was unpatentable because his methods merely built on prior research. Natural, unpatentable, unprocessed foods include the herbal sweetener stevia. They said this ought to be considered an unpatentable discovery, rather than an invention. Participants will learn about obtaining legal protection for patentable and unpatentable inventions. New kinds of patents were being awarded in areas such as computer software and genetic engineering that might have been thought unpatentable. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Court cases, orders & decisions actionable actionably administer admissibility admissible extinguishment extrajudicial extrajudicially fatal accident inquiry federal case pettifoggery pettifogging plea bargain plea bargaining pleading the Webster ruling walk walk freeidiom wardship witness to something |