patentee

patent +‎ -ee

patentee (plural patentees)

1. One to whom a grant is made, or a privilege secured, by patent; a person, group, company etc. that has been granted a patent.
   • 1946 November and December, “Notes and News: Colour-Light Signals 100 Years Ago”, in Railway Magazine, page 387:

     Probably the patentee, whilst fully realising the need for drivers receiving clear signals, did not fully appreciate the primary object of the signalling system.

• patenter
• patentholder

• patentee in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “patentee”, in Collins English Dictionary.