nonproprietary
nounEtymology From non- + proprietary.
1
Medicine, Pharmacology, Sciences A drug that is not proprietary.
nonproprietary
adjEtymology From non- + proprietary.
1
Lacking proprietary value; not private or privileged information; not owned by anyone (not anyone's property, whether intellectual property or otherwise).
2
Not protected by trademark, patent, or trade secret and thus open to commercial use without license; said of drugs (medications) and of various kinds of goods and materials.
- Derived terms
- international nonproprietary name