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Meaning of unpatent | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To release from a legal patent.

rare, transitive

Examples

“[…] unpatenting inventions. But he saw some decided advantages in publication patents if limited to agencies of the government. He, therefore, moved to amend by deleting "by an applicant" and inserting […]”
“[…] unpatenting of a guild secret, and its concomitant professional recording for mass consumption.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

unpatented unpatenting unpatents unpaunch unpaunched unpaunches

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