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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Patentar, -er, n. [f. Patent n.] One to whom a patent has been granted. —1641 Acts V. (1817) 585/1.
The saidis patenters being willing to give all ressonable satisfaction Ib. /2.
Patentares 1695 Conv. Burghs IV. 206.
Which is made a fundamentall constitutione of the Royall Bank by the patenters
