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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the inventor to whom a patent is issued; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Patentee \Pat`ent*ee"\, n.
   One to whom a grant is made, or a privilege secured, by
   patent. --Bacon.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

patentee
    n 1: the inventor to whom a patent is issued