| 1. | I glanced down at the new patent leathers which I was wearing. - from Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| 2. | separating the straw, the nimble work of the patent pitchfork. - from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman |
| 3. | These are the more patent facts which are to be deduced from his hat. - from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle |
| 4. | Ere I will yield my virgin patent u. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 5. | This is the age of patent medicines. - from Ulysses by James Joyce |
| 6. | And so my patent back again is swerving. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 7. | For a moment I heeded nothing of the heat, forgot the patent need of self-preservation. - from The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells |
| 8. | He finally believed it enough to patent some of his inventions, and today he is a rich man. - from How to Analyze People on Sight by Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict |
| 9. | Finally, he sniffed the dead man's lips, and then glanced at the soles of his patent leather boots. - from A Study In Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle |
| 10. | Call in the letters patents that he hat. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 11. | And yet my letters patents give me leave. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 12. | Quitronsela apriesa, y qued descubierto y patente su rostro de lacayo. - from Don Quijote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra |
| 13. | In the patents of Sir Waiter Raleigh, to the London and Plymouth companies, to the council of Plymouth, etc. - from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith |
| 14. | -Ha de ser as en todo caso -dijo don Quijote- que si all no va el nombre patente y de manifiesto, no hay mujer que crea que para ella se hicieron los metros. - from Don Quijote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra |