patent pending

patent pending definition - business

patent pending

Words attached to manufactured items that indicate that someone has applied for a patent on an invention that is contained in the item. Once a patent has been granted, “patent pending" will be replaced by “covered by U.S. Patent Number xxxxxx."

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