| patent infringement | 12.11 | They were sued for patent infringement. | ||
| patent protection | 11.06 | Diprivan loses patent protection next year. | ||
| patent application | 8.10 | Now patent applications are secret. | ||
| patent law | 7.90 | There is as yet no patent law. | ||
| patent right | 6.25 | Patent rights are vital to the drug industry. | ||
| patent dispute | 3.55 | It is embroiled in patent disputes. | ||
| patent holder | 3.42 | Patent holder ACT declined to comment. | ||
| patent lawyer | 2.70 | But leading patent lawyers oppose the measure. | ||
| patent case | 2.44 | This term has two patent cases. | ||
| patent attorney | 2.30 | I am not a patent attorney. | ||
| patent system | 2.17 | The purpose was to have a uniform patent system. | ||
| patent claim | 1.45 | That included patent claims. | ||
| patent extension | 1.45 | Drug companies have also fought hard to win patent extensions. | ||
| patent issue | 1.45 | The company continues to battle rivals over patent issues. | ||
| patent lawsuit | 1.25 | The deal sidesteps a threatened patent lawsuit. | ||
| patent rule | 1.18 | Changes in patent rules set the stage for biotech. | ||
| patent column | 1.05 | Patent column. | ||
| patent litigation | 1.05 | Complicating any deal, of course, is the patent litigation. | ||
| patent battle | 0.99 | Amgen won that patent battle. | ||
| patent expiration | 0.86 | First, the rate of patent expiration is increasing. |