Definition of Nonproprietary

1. Adjective. Not protected by trademark or patent or copyright. "Nonproprietary products are in the public domain and anyone can produce or distribute them"

Similar to: Generic, Unpatented
Antonyms: Proprietary

Definition of Nonproprietary

1. Adjective. Lacking proprietary value; not private or privileged information. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nonproprietary

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonproprietary

nonproofs
nonpropaganda
nonpropagandistic
nonpropellant
nonpropelled
nonproper
nonproperties
nonproperty
nonprophetic
nonprophylactic
nonproportional
nonproportionality
nonproportionate
nonproposal
nonpropositional
nonproprietary (current term)
nonproprietary name
nonproprioceptive
nonpropulsion
nonpros
nonprosecutable
nonprosecuted
nonprosecution
nonprosecutive
nonprosecutorial
nonprosodic
nonprossed
nonprosses
nonprossing
nonprostatic

Literary usage of Nonproprietary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Modern Materia Medica: The Source, Chemical and Physical Properties by Druggists circular (1912)
"(nonproprietary.) COPPER CITRATE (cupric citrate), like the preceding, ... It is used mainly in %- to 1-per-cent, solutions.— (nonproprietary. ..."

2. The Modern Materia Medica: The Source, Chemical and Physical Properties (1912)
"(nonproprietary.) ZINC PEROXIDE as marketed is a mixture consisting essentially of about ... Dose, 1/60 to 1/12 grain, in pills or tablets.—(nonproprietary. ..."

3. Signposts in Cyberspace: The Domain Name System And Internet Navigation by National Research Council (U.S.) (2005)
"The World Health Organization and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) proposed to do this with respect to International nonproprietary Names ..."

4. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1914)
"... service for a proprietary company, and held that as the eervice rendered to the proprietary and nonproprietary mills by the tap lines was the same, ..."

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