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subpatent

adj

Etymology

From sub- + patent.

  1. derived from patentes lettres — “document granting an office, privilege, right, etc., or making a decree”
  2. derived from lettres patentes
  3. derived from lettres patentes
  4. derived from patente
  5. inherited from patent — “document granting an office, property, right, title, etc.; document granting permission, licence; papal indulgence, pardon”
  6. prefixed as subpatent — “sub + patent”

Definitions

  1. Infected but asymptomatic or not readily detectable.

    • Following the period of patent parasitemia is a subpatent period.
    • Twenty-two per cent of humans in the area were, or had been, carrying subpatent trypanosome infections, suggesting that the T. b. rhodesiense reservoir in the region could be considerable.

  2. Less than patent, present but not fully formed or obviously separate from surrounding…

    Less than patent, present but not fully formed or obviously separate from surrounding structures.

    • Leaves erect, appressed, or subpatent, lanceolate, acute, serrated, especially towards the extremity, the margins recurved; the nerve reaching nearly to the point; surface papillose; colour pale-yellow-green, especially when dry.

  3. A legal grant for a subdivision of a patent or giving less than complete ownership rights.

    • It soon became the chief purpose of the company to parcel out these vast holdings, either in individual plantations or, through subpatents, in blocks of thousands of acres.
    • It seems like then, perhaps, the best compromise solution would be for the legislature to create almost a middle step, a sub-patent.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA