| patent device | 1.32 | He refused to have his device patented. | ||
| patent gene | 1.32 | So the institution patents the gene. | ||
| patent system | 1.05 | Now he has patented a system that answers a telephone before it can ring. | ||
| patent idea | 0.92 | Gratistelefon has patented the idea. | ||
| patent process | 0.92 | He has already patented the process. | ||
| patent technology | 0.92 | Kennedy has patented the technology. | ||
| patent invention | 0.86 | They later patented their invention. | ||
| patent discovery | 0.66 | The discovery has been patented. | ||
| patent way | 0.66 | Huffman has patented a way of knitting fabric from buffalo hair. | ||
| patent product | 0.59 | The product was patented by its inventor. | ||
| patent design | 0.53 | The design is being patented. | ||
| patent method | 0.46 | Businesses have always been free to patent their methods. | ||
| patent concept | 0.26 | PDL patented this concept of molecular bracing. | ||
| patent drug | 0.26 | Platt was trying to patent the drug for SafeScience over the objections of Wayne State. | ||
| patent software | 0.26 | Then came the court rulings that software could be patented. | ||
| patent technique | 0.26 | He even patented his technique. |