nonpatent

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ patent.

Adjective

nonpatent (not comparable)

1. Not a patent
   • 1995, Fred K. Carr, Patents Handbook: A Guide for Inventors and Researchers to ...‎^[1], →ISBN:

     The United States Patent Office classified search files currently consist of about 18 million United States patent documents, about 12 million foreign patent documents, and about 2 million documents of nonpatent literature.

   • 2003, Mark Hirschey, Tech Stock Valuation: Investor Psychology and Economic ...‎^[2], →ISBN, page 164:

     NPR is a simple count of the number of references in a patent application to a wide variety of nonpatent publications, including scientific papers and articles, brochures, books, standards, documents, patent disclosure bulletins, and so on.

   • 2013, Joanna T. Brougher, Intellectual Property and Health Technologies: Balancing ...‎^[3], →ISBN, page 120:

     The exclusivity period of a product on the market can also be extended through nonpatent exclusivities.