patentably, adv.
(ˈpeɪtəntəblɪ)
[f. patentable a. + -ly2.]
In a way that satisfies the conditions for patenting anything.
| 1903 Sci. Amer. 28 Feb. 159/1 Patents have been granted in Great Britain..without any enquiry to learn whether the inventions were patentably new. |