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Conjugation patent conjugation
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patent · verb
Present I patent
Positive I patent
Singular
1st person I patent
2nd person you patent
3rd person he/she/it patents
Plural
1st person we patent
2nd person you patent
3rd person they patent
Negative I don't patent
Singular
1st person I don't patent I do not patent
2nd person you don't patent you do not patent
3rd person he/she/it doesn't patent he/she/it does not patent
Plural
1st person we don't patent we do not patent
2nd person you don't patent you do not patent
3rd person they don't patent they do not patent
Question do I patent?
Singular
1st person do I patent?
2nd person do you patent?
3rd person does he/she/it patent?
Plural
1st person do we patent?
2nd person do you patent?
3rd person do they patent?
Negative question don't I patent?
Singular
1st person don't I patent? do I not patent?
2nd person don't you patent? do you not patent?
3rd person doesn't he/she/it patent? does he/she/it not patent?
Plural
1st person don't we patent? do we not patent?
2nd person don't you patent? do you not patent?
3rd person don't they patent? do they not patent?
Past I patented
Positive I patented
Singular
1st person I patented
2nd person you patented
3rd person he/she/it patented
Plural
1st person we patented
2nd person you patented
3rd person they patented
Negative I didn't patent
Singular
1st person I didn't patent I did not patent
2nd person you didn't patent you did not patent
3rd person he/she/it didn't patent he/she/it did not patent
Plural
1st person we didn't patent we did not patent
2nd person you didn't patent you did not patent
3rd person they didn't patent they did not patent
Question did I patent?
Singular
1st person did I patent?
2nd person did you patent?
3rd person did he/she/it patent?
Plural
1st person did we patent?
2nd person did you patent?
3rd person did they patent?
Negative question didn't I patent?
Singular
1st person didn't I patent? did I not patent?
2nd person didn't you patent? did you not patent?
3rd person didn't he/she/it patent? did he/she/it not patent?
Plural
1st person didn't we patent? did we not patent?
2nd person didn't you patent? did you not patent?
3rd person didn't they patent? did they not patent?
Future I'll patent
Positive I'll patent
Singular
1st person I'll patent I will patent
2nd person you'll patent you will patent
3rd person he/she/it'll patent he/she/it will patent
Plural
1st person we'll patent we will patent
2nd person you'll patent you will patent
3rd person they'll patent they will patent
Negative I won't patent
Singular
1st person I won't patent I will not patent
2nd person you won't patent you will not patent
3rd person he/she/it won't patent he/she/it will not patent
Plural
1st person we won't patent we will not patent
2nd person you won't patent you will not patent
3rd person they won't patent they will not patent
Question will I patent?
Singular
1st person will I patent?
2nd person will you patent?
3rd person will he/she/it patent?
Plural
1st person will we patent?
2nd person will you patent?
3rd person will they patent?
Negative question won't I patent?
Singular
1st person won't I patent? will I not patent?
2nd person won't you patent? will you not patent?
3rd person won't he/she/it patent? will he/she/it not patent?
Plural
1st person won't we patent? will we not patent?
2nd person won't you patent? will you not patent?
3rd person won't they patent? will they not patent?
Conditional I'd patent
Positive I'd patent
Singular
1st person I'd patent I would patent
2nd person you'd patent you would patent
3rd person he/she/it'd patent he/she/it would patent
Plural
1st person we'd patent we would patent
2nd person you'd patent you would patent
3rd person they'd patent they would patent
Negative I wouldn't patent
Singular
1st person I wouldn't patent I would not patent
2nd person you wouldn't patent you would not patent
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't patent he/she/it would not patent
Plural
1st person we wouldn't patent we would not patent
2nd person you wouldn't patent you would not patent
3rd person they wouldn't patent they would not patent
Question would I patent?
Singular
1st person would I patent?
2nd person would you patent?
3rd person would he/she/it patent?
Plural
1st person would we patent?
2nd person would you patent?
3rd person would they patent?
Negative question wouldn't I patent?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I patent? would I not patent?
2nd person wouldn't you patent? would you not patent?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it patent? would he/she/it not patent?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we patent? would we not patent?
2nd person wouldn't you patent? would you not patent?
3rd person wouldn't they patent? would they not patent?
Present continuous I'm patenting
Positive I'm patenting
Singular
1st person I'm patenting I am patenting
2nd person you're patenting you are patenting
3rd person he/she/it's patenting he/she/it is patenting
Plural
1st person we're patenting we are patenting
2nd person you're patenting you are patenting
3rd person they're patenting they are patenting
Negative I'm not patenting
Singular
1st person I'm not patenting I am not patenting
2nd person you aren't patenting you're not patenting you are not patenting
3rd person he/she/it isn't patenting he/she/it's not patenting he/she/it is not patenting
Plural
1st person we aren't patenting we're not patenting we are not patenting
2nd person you aren't patenting you're not patenting you are not patenting
3rd person they aren't patenting they're not patenting they are not patenting
Question am I patenting?
Singular
1st person am I patenting?
2nd person are you patenting?
3rd person is he/she/it patenting?
Plural
1st person are we patenting?
2nd person are you patenting?
3rd person are they patenting?
Negative question aren't I patenting?
Singular
1st person aren't I patenting? am I not patenting?
2nd person aren't you patenting? are you not patenting?
3rd person isn't he/she/it patenting? is he/she/it not patenting?
Plural
1st person aren't we patenting? are we not patenting?
2nd person aren't you patenting? are you not patenting?
3rd person aren't they patenting? are they not patenting?
Past continuous I was patenting
Positive I was patenting
Singular
1st person I was patenting
2nd person you were patenting
3rd person he/she/it was patenting
Plural
1st person we were patenting
2nd person you were patenting
3rd person they were patenting
Negative I wasn't patenting
Singular
1st person I wasn't patenting I was not patenting
2nd person you weren't patenting you were not patenting
3rd person he/she/it wasn't patenting he/she/it was not patenting
Plural
1st person we weren't patenting we were not patenting
2nd person you weren't patenting you were not patenting
3rd person they weren't patenting they were not patenting
Question was I patenting?
Singular
1st person was I patenting?
2nd person were you patenting?
3rd person was he/she/it patenting?
Plural
1st person were we patenting?
2nd person were you patenting?
3rd person were they patenting?
Negative question wasn't I patenting?
Singular
1st person wasn't I patenting? was I not patenting?
2nd person weren't you patenting? were you not patenting?
3rd person wasn't he/she/it patenting? was he/she/it not patenting?
Plural
1st person weren't we patenting? were we not patenting?
2nd person weren't you patenting? were you not patenting?
3rd person weren't they patenting? were they not patenting?
Future continuous I'll be patenting
Positive I'll be patenting
Singular
1st person I'll be patenting I will be patenting
2nd person you'll be patenting you will be patenting
3rd person he/she/it'll be patenting he/she/it will be patenting
Plural
1st person we'll be patenting we will be patenting
2nd person you'll be patenting you will be patenting
3rd person they'll be patenting they will be patenting
Negative I won't be patenting
Singular
1st person I won't be patenting I will not be patenting
2nd person you won't be patenting you will not be patenting
3rd person he/she/it won't be patenting he/she/it will not be patenting
Plural
1st person we won't be patenting we will not be patenting
2nd person you won't be patenting you will not be patenting
3rd person they won't be patenting they will not be patenting
Question will I be patenting?
Singular
1st person will I be patenting?
2nd person will you be patenting?
3rd person will he/she/it be patenting?
Plural
1st person will we be patenting?
2nd person will you be patenting?
3rd person will they be patenting?
Negative question won't I be patenting?
Singular
1st person won't I be patenting? will I not be patenting?
2nd person won't you be patenting? will you not be patenting?
3rd person won't he/she/it be patenting? will he/she/it not be patenting?
Plural
1st person won't we be patenting? will we not be patenting?
2nd person won't you be patenting? will you not be patenting?
3rd person won't they be patenting? will they not be patenting?
Conditional continuous I'd be patenting
Positive I'd be patenting
Singular
1st person I'd be patenting I would be patenting
2nd person you'd be patenting you would be patenting
3rd person he/she/it'd be patenting he/she/it would be patenting
Plural
1st person we'd be patenting we would be patenting
2nd person you'd be patenting you would be patenting
3rd person they'd be patenting they would be patenting
Negative I wouldn't be patenting
Singular
1st person I wouldn't be patenting I would not be patenting
2nd person you wouldn't be patenting you would not be patenting
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't be patenting he/she/it would not be patenting
Plural
1st person we wouldn't be patenting we would not be patenting
2nd person you wouldn't be patenting you would not be patenting
3rd person they wouldn't be patenting they would not be patenting
Question would I be patenting?
Singular
1st person would I be patenting?
2nd person would you be patenting?
3rd person would he/she/it be patenting?
Plural
1st person would we be patenting?
2nd person would you be patenting?
3rd person would they be patenting?
Negative question wouldn't I be patenting?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I be patenting? would I not be patenting?
2nd person wouldn't you be patenting? would you not be patenting?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it be patenting? would he/she/it not be patenting?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we be patenting? would we not be patenting?
2nd person wouldn't you be patenting? would you not be patenting?
3rd person wouldn't they be patenting? would they not be patenting?
Present perfect I've patented
Positive I've patented
Singular
1st person I've patented I have patented
2nd person you've patented you have patented
3rd person he/she/it's patented he/she/it has patented
Plural
1st person we've patented we have patented
2nd person you've patented you have patented
3rd person they've patented they have patented
Negative I haven't patented
Singular
1st person I haven't patented I have not patented
2nd person you haven't patented you have not patented
3rd person he/she/it hasn't patented he/she/it has not patented
Plural
1st person we haven't patented we have not patented
2nd person you haven't patented you have not patented
3rd person they haven't patented they have not patented
Question have I patented?
Singular
1st person have I patented?
2nd person have you patented?
3rd person has he/she/it patented?
Plural
1st person have we patented?
2nd person have you patented?
3rd person have they patented?
Negative question haven't I patented?
Singular
1st person haven't I patented? have I not patented?
2nd person haven't you patented? have you not patented?
3rd person hasn't he/she/it patented? has he/she/it not patented?
Plural
1st person haven't we patented? have we not patented?
2nd person haven't you patented? have you not patented?
3rd person haven't they patented? have they not patented?
Past perfect I had patented
Positive I had patented
Singular
1st person I had patented
2nd person you had patented
3rd person he/she/it had patented
Plural
1st person we had patented
2nd person you had patented
3rd person they had patented
Negative I hadn't patented
Singular
1st person I hadn't patented I had not patented
2nd person you hadn't patented you had not patented
3rd person he/she/it hadn't patented he/she/it had not patented
Plural
1st person we hadn't patented we had not patented
2nd person you hadn't patented you had not patented
3rd person they hadn't patented they had not patented
Question had I patented?
Singular
1st person had I patented?
2nd person had you patented?
3rd person had he/she/it patented?
Plural
1st person had we patented?
2nd person had you patented?
3rd person had they patented?
Negative question hadn't I patented?
Singular
1st person hadn't I patented? had I not patented?
2nd person hadn't you patented? had you not patented?
3rd person hadn't he/she/it patented? had he/she/it not patented?
Plural
1st person hadn't we patented? had we not patented?
2nd person hadn't you patented? had you not patented?
3rd person hadn't they patented? had they not patented?
Future perfect I'll have patented
Positive I'll have patented
Singular
1st person I'll have patented I will have patented
2nd person you'll have patented you will have patented
3rd person he/she/it'll have patented he/she/it will have patented
Plural
1st person we'll have patented we will have patented
2nd person you'll have patented you will have patented
3rd person they'll have patented they will have patented
Negative I won't have patented
Singular
1st person I won't have patented I will not have patented
2nd person you won't have patented you will not have patented
3rd person he/she/it won't have patented he/she/it will not have patented
Plural
1st person we won't have patented we will not have patented
2nd person you won't have patented you will not have patented
3rd person they won't have patented they will not have patented
Question +'ll I have patented?
Singular
1st person +'ll I have patented? will I have patented?
2nd person +'ll you have patented? will you have patented?
3rd person +'ll he/she/it have patented? will he/she/it have patented?
Plural
1st person +'ll we have patented? will we have patented?
2nd person +'ll you have patented? will you have patented?
3rd person +'ll they have patented? will they have patented?
Negative question won't I have patented?
Singular
1st person won't I have patented? will I not have patented?
2nd person won't you have patented? will you not have patented?
3rd person won't he/she/it have patented? will he/she/it not have patented?
Plural
1st person won't we have patented? will we not have patented?
2nd person won't you have patented? will you not have patented?
3rd person won't they have patented? will they not have patented?
Conditional perfect I'd have patented
Positive I'd have patented
Singular
1st person I'd have patented I would have patented
2nd person you'd have patented you would have patented
3rd person he/she/it'd have patented he/she/it would have patented
Plural
1st person we'd have patented we would have patented
2nd person you'd have patented you would have patented
3rd person they'd have patented they would have patented
Negative I wouldn't have patented
Singular
1st person I wouldn't have patented I would not have patented
2nd person you wouldn't have patented you would not have patented
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't have patented he/she/it would not have patented
Plural
1st person we wouldn't have patented we would not have patented
2nd person you wouldn't have patented you would not have patented
3rd person they wouldn't have patented they would not have patented
Question would I have patented?
Singular
1st person would I have patented?
2nd person would you have patented?
3rd person would he/she/it have patented?
Plural
1st person would we have patented?
2nd person would you have patented?
3rd person would they have patented?
Negative question wouldn't I have patented?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I have patented? would I not have patented?
2nd person wouldn't you have patented? would you not have patented?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it have patented? would he/she/it not have patented?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we have patented? would we not have patented?
2nd person wouldn't you have patented? would you not have patented?
3rd person wouldn't they have patented? would they not have patented?
Imperative patent!
Positive
you patent!
we let's patent!
Negative
you don't patent!
we let's not patent!
Examples patent examples
How do I use patent in a sentence?
Simple sentences
Hans sold the patent to a company.
I filed a patent.
I've applied for a patent on my invention.
Movie subtitles
I'm sending in the patent.
He owns a patent for a hiking cane that turns into a tourist cabin by pressing a button.
You ought to patent that, Clem.
Many years ago by grant and patent, inscribed by the King of all Spain.
This patent which gives you the title of Knight Chevalier is a small token of our gratitude.
I remember my walls were covered with black patent leather.
In a patent-leather trunk.
A new patent for a chemical formula. - So?
Candy, it's the most important patent we've ever had.
Instead of selling a patent medicine, I was selling a philosophy, a sunshine salesman.
That slob Mes Bottes stole one of my patent-leather shoes!
No patent leather at sunrise. It's too shiny.
I could sure take out a patent for this one.
I don't own the patent. I can't change it any more than you can.
My patent is basic.
Why don't you patent it?
He's going to patent it soon as he gets.
You and your patent medicine remedies.
Many years ago by grant and patent, inscribed by the king of all Spain.
Only the patent-leather shoes. no, Heinrich, I don't like them.
The inventor and patent holder of an electronic-brain machine, EMMARAC.
We used to have special patent-leather shoes made up in Dallas.
I don't own the patent.
You get this. I may be just a uniform to you, but you got no patent on feelings.
When we've won, you can take your mum to town, - and I'll take my mum to town and we'll go to the fancy stores - and get them patent leather shoes, feather boas and silk trousers.
Some overseas patent.
Cost less than patent shoes.
But in patent leather.
Fine patent leather!
All right' you may tell Garin that I'm ready to offer him 50 thousand for the patent of his invention.
I won't even give a farthing for his patent.
If you be so fond over her iniquity, give her patent to offend for if it touches not you, it comes near nobody.
Ever try considering the patent medicine business?
I was wearing my smoking jacket, my patent leather shoes.
He had on a. dress suit and patent leather shoes.
News and current affairs
The patent system may even have adverse effects on innovation, because, while the most important input into any research is prior ideas, the patent system encourages secrecy.
For example, despite widespread violent crime, Mexico and South Africa have high levels of innovation (measured by patent filing and trademark registration).
The patent system was notoriously expensive and inaccessible.
With new patent laws coming into place, India will have the same attraction for the pharmaceutical industry as it has for IT, providing clinical trials for new drugs at a quarter of the cost of Europe or the US.
As so often the case, there is no patent medicine against this syndrome.
Twenty years later the benefits are patent but it took a long time to get there despite the fact that much of what was done was right from the start.
Such explanations included government intervention or a new sort of industrial organization, and unfair patent infringements by the new producers who copied products and then blocked off their own markets from import competition.
Developments that are fundamental to European competitiveness, like an EU-wide patent, have proved impossible to achieve.
But until recently, patent law was based on a rather narrow definition of creativity, usually the kind embodied in the invention of devices or industrial processes.
The turning point in the US came in 1998, when a federal court decision upheld a patent on an accounting system, which launched a flood of business-method patents--over a thousand a year in 1999 and 2000.
The harm of inadequate patent protection in the financial world before 1998 was clear.
The recent expansion of patent protection is designed to prevent these problems and to bring a faster pace of innovation.
Of course, there are downsides to patent law expansion, prime among them the increased incidence and cost of litigation.
That is because we have created a patent system that gives innovators a temporary monopoly over what they create, which encourages them to hoard their knowledge, lest they help a competitor.
Given the benefits of preventive care, the test has become highly controversial, because its manufacturer, Myriad Genetics, holds a genetic patent that gives it a monopoly - and huge profits - on all testing.
Lastly, some argue that if farmers are permitted to sow GM varieties, they become dependent on large seed producers such as Monsanto, which have patent protection - and thus a monopoly - on the seed.
Those who oppose genetic patents claim that they also deny US constitutional rights, making this the first time a genetic patent has been challenged on human rights grounds.
One human gene out of approximately every five is now the subject of a patent, the majority of which are held by private firms.
Myriad Genetics also has tried to pursue patent rights in Europe, but there its claims have been largely rejected.
Although the gene's function in causing breast and ovarian cancer was uncovered by Cancer Research UK in 1995, Myriad, along with nearly 30 other defendants, argues that the patent is a necessary reward for its research costs.
In fact, without patent protections, the firm and its allies claim, medical research would shudder to a halt.
In 2013, for example, resident inventors in Germany filed some 917 patent applications for every million inhabitants.
Almost immediately, China became the world's top patent filer.
There was patent gloating about the German defeat everywhere, only thinly disguised behind strained expressions of solidarity.
Resident inventors in Greece, by contrast, filed just 69 patent applications for every million.
Today, many in the computer industry worry that such a patent thicket may impede software development.