patentee

noun

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.

   “The patentee in his specifications speaks of triphenylguanidine and compares its operation as an accelerator with that guanidine, the utility of which as an accelerator he claims to have discovered, called diphenylguanidine.”

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