Arg0:infringer
Arg1:infringed (up)on
| usually prepositional (-) | |
|---|---|
| |
| Arg0: | a heart catheter SciMed manufactures |
| ArgM-NEG: | n't |
| REL: | infringe |
| Arg1-on: | a patent owned by Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, a unit of Eli Lilly & Co |
| occasionally not prepositional (-) | |
|---|---|
| |
| Arg0: | the catheter |
| ArgM-NEG: | n't |
| REL: | infringe |
| Arg1: | the Lilly unit 's patent |
The non-prepositional usage sounds wrong to me, but maybe it's dialectal.