blocking patent

English

Noun

blocking patent (plural blocking patents)

1. (law) A patent relating to a particular area of technology which prevents another patent from being used because the other patent relies on technology covered by the first.

Translations

patent which prevents another patent from being used

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 障礙專利 / 障碍专利 (zhàng'ài zhuānlì)