patenteen.
/ˌpatnˈtiː/, /ˌpeɪtnˈtiː/, U.S. /ˌpætnˈti/, /ˌpædənˈti/ 1. A person who has been granted a privilege, title, land, etc., by letters patent. Also figurative.
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society > law > legal right > [noun] > definitely assigned > one who has
patentee1442
investee1610
patenter1641
vesteea1859
1442 Rolls of Parl. V. 62/2 Delivered by the Fermours, Patentees, Tenaunts, and Occupiours.
1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 16 The Kinges Committees or his patentees for the kepyng of the seid Toun as afore is seid.
1526 H. Fitzroy Let. 2 Feb. in Lisle Papers (P.R.O.: SP 1/89) f. 140 Hugh Johns..is aggreed wt Thomas lilbourne..to bee iointe patente..in his said office.
1589 in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 725 With expresse prohibition..against all others, which shall goe thither without the licence of the patentee or his assignes first obtained.
1616 B. Parsons Magistrates Charter 15 So God..joyneth them patentees heere together.
1677 W. Hubbard Narrative I. 4 In the year 1630, more of the Persons interested in the said Patent (thence commonly called Patentees)..transported themselves and their Families into the said Massachusets.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. v. 501 In all Publick Acts..they were desired to be admitted joynt Patentees with his Majesty in the Regality.
1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1747 I. 98 David Garrick, having become joint patentee and manager of Drury-lane theatre.
1827 B. Drake & E. D. Mansfield Cincinnati in 1826 26 The original patentee..sold a part of his interest in this ground.
1913 London & Middlesex Hist. Soc. Trans. 57 The original patentee of lot 120, in the 5th concession of the Township of Walsingham.
1995 V. M. Lester Victorian Insolvency ii. 84 The major beneficiary of this largess was Lord Thurlow, former patentee of bankruptcy.
2. A holder of a patent for an invention, etc.; a person or organization entitled to the benefits from such a patent.
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society > law > legal right > rights to do or use something > [noun] > industrial property rights > conferred by patent > patentee
patenter1641
patentee1652
patentor1890
1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved 151 I have not forgotten the Oyling-Corn Patentee, that great design to so little purpose; who drew so many Scholars after him.
1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions p. l The Patentees of these New Lights.
1701 J. Peter Truth 23 This Invention being limited by the Patent, to the Patentee, or his Assigns.
1731 Gentleman's Mag. 1 452 Patentees of a new invented Plough.
1812 Emporium Arts & Sci. (Philadelphia) May 76 To check any improper proceedings which may take place on the part of patentees.
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 91/1 Provided the patentee is the first person who has produced the substance in a sufficient quantity to make it a marketable article.
1977 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 125 462/2 The patentee is bound to publish all the information which would be necessary for his competitors to exploit his invention.
1992 S. Holloway Courage High! i. 8/1 There seems to be little doubt that after the death of the patentee, other ‘founders’ or foundrymen began making and supplying fire engines.
3. A person deserving credit for originating an idea, policy, etc. Now rare.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun] > origination or derivation > invention > one who invents
inventrice1509
inventor1555
inventress1586
inventrix1604
patentee1900
1900 Westm. Gaz. 27 Aug. 2/2 Mr. Plunkett is the patentee of the policy of killing Home Rule by kindness.
1903 Daily Chron. 9 Dec. 4/3 Mr. Spencer..may indeed be called the inventor and patentee of evolution.
1934 W. Lewis in Spectator 15 June 916/1 As to the history of the Sense of Humour, it is quite certain that it was never intended, by its original patentees to be used as a dope of this nature.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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