subpatent

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Infected but asymptomatic or not readily detectable.

   “Following the period of patent parasitemia is a subpatent period.”

2. sıfat 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. isim 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.”