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1. (n.) patent
the exclusive right granted to an inventor to manufacture or sell an invention for a specified number of years.
2. patent
an invention or process protected by this right.
3. patent
the instrument by which the U.S. government grants title to public land.
4. (adj.) patent
protected by a patent.
5. patent
dealing with patents:
patent law.
6. patent
readily open to notice; evident; obvious.
7. patent
made of patent leather.
8. patent
Chiefly Bot. expanded or spreading.
9. patent
open; unobstructed, as a bodily passage.
10. (v.t.) patent
to obtain a patent on.
11. patent
to grant (public land) by a patent.
Etymology: (1250–1300; (adj.) ME < L patent- (s. of patēns), prp. of patēre to stand wide open; (n.) ME, short for letters patent, trans. of ML litterae patentēs open letters)
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| Definition of 'patent' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) patent, patent of invention
a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
2. (adj) patent, letters patent
an official document granting a right or privilege
3. (adj) patent
(of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage
"patent ductus arteriosus"
4. (verb) apparent, evident, manifest, patent, plain, unmistakable
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"
5. (verb) patent
obtain a patent for
"Should I patent this invention?"
6. (verb) patent
grant rights to; grant a patent for
7. (verb) patent
make open to sight or notice
"His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) patent
open; expanded; evident; apparent; unconcealed; manifest; public; conspicuous
2. (adj) patent
open to public perusal; -- said of a document conferring some right or privilege; as, letters patent. See Letters patent, under 3d Letter
3. (adj) patent
appropriated or protected by letters patent; secured by official authority to the exclusive possession, control, and disposal of some person or party; patented; as, a patent right; patent medicines
4. (adj) patent
spreading; forming a nearly right angle with the steam or branch; as, a patent leaf
5. (adj) patent
a letter patent, or letters patent; an official document, issued by a sovereign power, conferring a right or privilege on some person or party
6. (adj) patent
a writing securing to an invention
7. (adj) patent
a document making a grant and conveyance of public lands
8. (adj) patent
the right or privilege conferred by such a document; hence, figuratively, a right, privilege, or license of the nature of a patent
9. (verb) patent
to grant by patent; to make the subject of a patent; to secure or protect by patent; as, to patent an invention; to patent public lands
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Sense: an official licence from the government giving one person or business the right to make and sell a particular article and to prevent others from doing the same
She took out a patent on her design; (
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 Arabic: بَراءَة الإخْتِراع |
 Bulgarian: патент |
 Brazilian: patente |
 Czech: patent(ový) |
 German: das Patent; Patent-... |
 Danish: patent; patentrettighed; |
 Greek: δίπλωμα ευρεσιτεχνίας, πα |
 Spanish: patente |
 Estonian: patent |
 Farsi: جواز حق انحصاری |
 Finnish: patentti |
 French: brevet (d'invention); bre |
 Hebrew: רִישָׁיוֹן פָּטֶנְט |
 Hindi: पेटेंट, एकस्व, सुन्दर तरी |
 Croatian: patetnt |
 Hungarian: szabadalom |
 Indonesian: paten |
 Icelandic: einkaleyfi |
 Italian: brevetto |
 Japanese: 特許 |
 Korean: 특허권 |
 Lithuanian: patentas; (už)patentuotas |
 Latvian: patents; patentēts |
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 Persian: جواز حق انحصاری |
 Pashto: څرګند، ښكاره، جوت، اّزاد |
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 Russian: патент |
 Slovak: patent; patentový |
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 Swedish: patent |
 Thai: สิทธิบัตร |
 Turkish: patent |
 Taiwanese: 專利，專利權 |
 Ukrainian: патент |
 Urdu: سند، سامان تيار کرنے اور |
 Vietnamese: bằng sáng chế |
 Chinese: 专利，专利权 |
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