| ADJECTIVE | all | nonproprietary | not protected by trademark or patent / patent or copyright |
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| Meaning | not protected by trademark or patent / patent or copyright. | |
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| Example | "nonproprietary products are in the public domain and anyone can produce or distribute them" | |
| Narrower | generic | (of drugs) not protected by trademark |
| unpatented | (of devices and processes) not protected by patent / patent | |
| Opposite | proprietary | protected by trademark or patent / patent or copyright |
| Spanish | de denominación común | |
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