X-patent

noun

Any of the patents issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office from July 1790 (its founding) to July 1836. They were destroyed in an apparently accidental fire in 1836.

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Meanings

nounX-patent (plural X-patents)

plural X-patents

  1. intellectual propertyAny of the patents issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office from July 1790 (its founding) to July 1836. They were destroyed in an apparently accidental fire in 1836.
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APA

X-patent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/X-patent

MLA

“X-patent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/X-patent. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “X-patent,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/X-patent.

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