adjective
- able to be protected by a patent; meeting the legal requirements for patent protection
Usage: legal
Examples
- The new software algorithm was deemed patentable by the patent office.
- Not all inventions are patentable under current law.
- The company’s lawyers determined that the design was patentable.
- Abstract ideas are generally not patentable.
- The pharmaceutical company filed for patentable compounds.
- His innovative process was both novel and patentable.