"Pioneer Patent" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL

of certain or sure knowledge. These words were ancient-ly used In patents, and imported full knowl-edge of the subject-matter on …

In patent law. The act or operation of finding out something new; the process of contriving and producing some-thing not …

one who finds oat or contrives some new thing; one who devises some new art, manufacture, mechanical appliance, or process; …

Having relation to, or produced or accomplished by, the use of mechanism or machinery. Used chiefly in patent law. See …

Open to public perusal; -- said of a document conferring some right or privilege; as, letters patent. See Letters patent, …

This term is almost synonymous with “owner,” (q. v.,) as in the phrase “riparian proprietor.” A person en-titled to a …

The act of renewlng or reviving. The substitution of a new grant, engagement, or right, in place of one which …