proprietary name

proprietary name
The protected brand name or trademark, registered with the U.S. Patent Office, under which a manufacturer markets its product. It is written with a capital initial letter and is often further distinguished by a superscript R in a circle (®). Cf.:generic name, nonproprietary name. [L. proprietas, ownership]

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(in pharmacy) the trade name of a drug: the name assigned to it by the firm that manufactured it. For example, Zantac is the proprietary name for ranitidine.

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a brand name or trademark under which a proprietary product is marketed. See proprietary.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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