1.   Does he hold the patent on himself, so that every part of him is his, and only his?

2.   The institute will hold the patent and distribute the royalties.

3.   And they could mean billions of dollars in royalties to the companies holding the patents to this wonder-disk technology.

4.   Anthony von Fraunhofer holds a patent for a corrosion inhibitor made from tobacco.

5.   Acorn Computer Group Plc holds the patent for the ARM microprocessor chip that powers the low-priced computer.

6.   Acorn Computer Group Plc holds the patent for the ARM microprocessor chip that powers the low-priced terminal.

7.   By day, Reynard is an eye surgeon in California, and he holds several patents in fiber-optic and laser technology as it applies to ophthalmology.

8.   Cylink and RSA hold separate patents for products that are used to encode sensitive information sent through computer networks.

9.   Disney held the patent on Technicolor for two years, so he was the only one who could make color cartoons.

10.   Dr. W. Jean Dodds, a hematologist in Santa Monica, Calif., holds patents covering blood-clotting proteins.