patentowa

Patentowa is the feminine form of the Polish adjective patentowy, meaning relating to a patent or patents. It is derived from the noun patent and the adjectival suffix -owa, and it agrees with a feminine noun in gender and number. The corresponding forms are patentowy (masculine singular), patentowe (neuter or plural), and patentowa (feminine singular). In Polish usage, patentowa modifies nouns to describe patent-related concepts, such as ochrona patentowa (patent protection), sprawa patentowa (patent case), or prawo patentowe (patent law). It is commonly found in legal, technical, and business writing, where precise terminology about intellectual property is required.

In contexts outside standalone adjectives, patentowa may appear as part of compound noun phrases. The term is not typically used as a standalone noun; instead, it serves as a descriptor for activities, rights, or categories tied to patents. In geographic or onomastic uses, -owa is a traditional suffix in Polish for forming feminine forms of surnames or street names. Thus Patentowa can occasionally appear as a surname in historical records or as a street name (for example, Ulica Patentowa) in certain locales, though such uses are regionally specific and not common across the language.

See also patent, patent law, intellectual property.