Patentspeak: A New Logoputian Lingo

Authors

Michael Keith

Abstract

In the language Patentspeak (more precisely, its American dialect), every sentence or phrase is required to be the title of a patent issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The number of issued U.S. patents is nearing the six million mark; nonetheless, Patentspeak is still a highly constrained language, due to the range of vocabulary available and the fact that patent titles are usually long phrases, not isolated words.

Recommended Citation

Keith, Michael (1999) "Patentspeak: A New Logoputian Lingo," Word Ways: Vol. 32 : Iss. 3 , Article 17.
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