patentholder

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patentholder

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From patent + holder.

noun patentholders

The holder of a patent. The advantage of adopting an abandoned drug is that the former patentholder has usually done the chemical analyses, animal studies and, sometimes, early human trials, saving millions of dollars.

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@misc{patentholder_2026,
  title = {patentholder},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/patentholder},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}