unpatent

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verb

To release from a legal patent.

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Meanings

verbunpatent (third-person singular simple present unpatents, present participle unpatenting, simple past and past participle unpatented)

present singular third person unpatents · participle present unpatenting · participle past unpatented · past unpatented

  1. raretransitiveTo release from a legal patent.

    […] unpatenting of a guild secret, and its concomitant professional recording for mass consumption.

    1990, Techniques & culture, numbers 15-16, page 34
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    […] 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 […]

    1962, American Bar Association. Section of Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law, Summary of Proceedings (page 68)

Origin

From un- + patent.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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