Patent

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Definitions:

Noun

patent patent of invention

Definition: a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention

patent letters patent

Definition: an official document granting a right or privilege

Definition: An official document granting an appointment, privilege, or right, or some property or title; letters patent.

Verb

patent

Definition: obtain a patent for; "Should I patent this invention?"

patent

Definition: grant rights to; grant a patent for

patent

Definition: make open to sight or notice; "His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him"

Definition: To (successfully) register (a new invention) with a government agency to obtain the sole privilege of its manufacture, sale, and use for a specified period.

Adjective

patent

Definition: (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage; "patent ductus arteriosus"

apparent evident manifest palpable patent plain unmistakable

Definition: clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view"; "a palpable lie"

Definition: Conspicuous; open; unconcealed.

Definition: Of flour: fine, and consisting mostly of the inner part of the endosperm of the grain from which it is milled.