Pate used in a sentence

Pate in a sentence as a noun

I don't know why that happens, they only eat pate/dry food, but it does.

This, as with the patent comment, takes quotes out of context.

""It is but too true doctrine, friend Wamba, however it got into thy fool's pate.

"Because they shouldn't win any of these software patent cases.

You'd think if they were "in the pockets" of patent trolls, the trolls would achieve better outcomes there.

"No Texas district is even in the top 5 for win rates for patent plaintiffs.

It is not coincidence and it is not because the judges are "experienced" with patent cases.

Being an instrument in granting the patents, I am acquainted with their discoveries.

Without patents, a company like Scaled Composites or ARM wouldn't exist, because they don't sell products, they sell the results of R&D.

If I am not mistaken, Apple has been awarded patents in the area of localized haptics using tiny actuators.

Similar story with Sony patenting brain interface[1] .

[1]"An act of Congress authorising the issuing patents for new discoveries has given a spring to invention beyond my conception.

A year later saw the Sony patent on slashdot and for a few minutes i really did think they had done some work on this, till i realized they had just called 'Dibs' on the idea.

I thought I'd go and have a looksee who Dr. Rhyne, the opposing expert witness, is and I found this:Dr. Rhyne, who will lead the three-day Boot Camp, is a broadly experienced expert witness who has provided in-courtroom testimony in over three dozen federal patent cases and ITC hearings over the past thirty years.

The specific context relevant here is that while Jefferson was initially skeptical of patents, after only two months of being one of the first patent examiners, he became a firm believer.

“By their nature, patent trials are highly charged competitive environments for companies and attorneys who have a great deal at stake,” Dr. Rhyne has explained, “and an expert witness is often a key part of that process.