Definitions for patent
ˈpæt nt; for 10,12-15 ˈpeɪt-; esp. Brit. ˈpeɪt-patent

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. patent, patent of inventionnoun

   a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention

2. patent, letters patentadjective

   an official document granting a right or privilege

3. patentadjective

   (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage

   "patent ductus arteriosus"

4. apparent, evident, manifest, patent, plain, unmistakableverb

   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. patentverb

   obtain a patent for

   "Should I patent this invention?"

6. patentverb

   grant rights to; grant a patent for

7. patentverb

   make open to sight or notice

   "His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Patentadjective

   Etymology: patens, Latin; patent, French.

   1. Open to the perusal of all: as, letters patent.2. Something appropriated by letters patent.

   Madder is esteemed a commodity that will turn to good profit; so that, in king Charles the first’s time, it was made a patent commodity. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

2. Patentnoun

   A writ conferring some exclusive right or privilege.

   If you are so fond over her iniquity, give her patent to offend; for if it touch not you, it comes near no body. William Shakespeare.

   So will I grow, so live, so die,
   Ere I will yield my virgin patent up
   Unto his lordship. William Shakespeare, Midsum. Night’s Dream.

   We are censured as obstinate, in not complying with a royal patent. Jonathan Swift.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Patent

   A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention. In most countries, patent rights fall under private law and the patent holder must sue someone infringing the patent in order to enforce their rights. In some industries patents are an essential form of competitive advantage; in others they are irrelevant.: 17 The procedure for granting patents, requirements placed on the patentee, and the extent of the exclusive rights vary widely between countries according to national laws and international agreements. Typically, however, a patent application must include one or more claims that define the scope of protection that is being sought. A patent may include many claims, each of which defines a specific property right. Under the World Trade Organization's (WTO) TRIPS Agreement, patents should be available in WTO member states for any invention, in all fields of technology, provided they are new, involve an inventive step, and are capable of industrial application. Nevertheless, there are variations on what is patentable subject matter from country to country, also among WTO member states. TRIPS also provides that the term of protection available should be a minimum of twenty years.

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1. patent

   A patent is a legal document granted by the government, giving the owner exclusive rights to make, use, sell or import an invention for a certain period of time. These rights are usually given to inventors or businesses in return for detailed public disclosure of a new technology or innovation. Patents are intended to encourage innovation and creativity by providing inventors with protection for their inventions. The period of exclusivity is typically 20 years from the date the patent application was filed.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Patentadjective

   open; expanded; evident; apparent; unconcealed; manifest; public; conspicuous

2. Patentadjective

   open to public perusal; -- said of a document conferring some right or privilege; as, letters patent. See Letters patent, under 3d Letter

3. Patentadjective

   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. Patentadjective

   spreading; forming a nearly right angle with the steam or branch; as, a patent leaf

5. Patentadjective

   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. Patentadjective

   a writing securing to an invention

7. Patentadjective

   a document making a grant and conveyance of public lands

8. Patentadjective

   the right or privilege conferred by such a document; hence, figuratively, a right, privilege, or license of the nature of a patent

9. Patentverb

   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

10. Etymology: [L. patens, -entis, p. pr. of patere to be open: cf. F. patent. Cf. Fathom.]

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Patent

   A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time, in exchange for the public disclosure of the invention. An invention is a solution to a specific technological problem, and may be a product or a process. Patents are a form of intellectual property. The procedure for granting patents, requirements placed on the patentee, and the extent of the exclusive rights vary widely between countries according to national laws and international agreements. Typically, however, a patent application must include one or more claims that define the invention. These claims must meet relevant patentability requirements, such as novelty and non-obviousness. The exclusive right granted to a patentee in most countries is the right to prevent others from making, using, selling, or distributing the patented invention without permission. Under the World Trade Organization's Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, patents should be available in WTO member states for any invention, in all fields of technology, and the term of protection available should be a minimum of twenty years. Nevertheless, there are variations on what is patentable subject matter from country to country.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Patent

   pā′tent, or pat′ent, adj. lying open: conspicuous: public: protected by a patent: (bot.) spreading: expanding.—n. an official document, open, and having the Great Seal of the government attached to it, conferring an exclusive right or privilege, as a title of nobility, or the sole right for a term of years to the proceeds of an invention: something invented and protected by a patent.—v.t. Pā′tent, to grant or secure by patent.—adj. Pā′tentable, capable of being patented.—ns. Pātentee′, one who holds a patent, or to whom a patent is granted—also Pā′tenter; Pā′tent-leath′er, a kind of leather to which a permanently polished surface is given by a process of japanning; Pā′tentor, one who grants or who secures a patent; Pā′tent-right, the exclusive right reserved by letters-patent.—n.pl. Pā′tent-rolls, the register of letters-patent issued in England.—Patent medicine, a medicine sold under the authority of letters-patent, any proprietary medicine generally on which stamp-duty is paid; Patent office, an office for the granting of patents for inventions; Patent outside, or inside, a newspaper printed on the outside or inside only, sold to a publisher who fills the other side with his own material, as local news, &c. [Fr.,—L. patens, -entis, pr.p. of patēre, to lie open.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PATENT

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Patent is ranked #157234 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Patent surname appeared 103 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Patent.
   
   99.9% or 103 total occurrences were White.

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British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'patent' in Nouns Frequency: #2505

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Anagrams for patent »

1. tapnet

2. patten

How to pronounce patent?

1. Alex

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How to say patent in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of patent in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of patent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of patent in a Sentence

1. Robert Stoll:

   Assuring better quality patents will help blunt the patent troll problem.

2. Yar Chaikovsky:

   For those interested in patent litigation, commit early and never underestimate how hard you and the rest of the team must work. There are a lot of smart, talented patent trial lawyers.”

3. Sameer Singh:

   This deal might just give them enough of a patent trove to move to Western markets, their position in China has been under constant attack from even lower-end Android vendors, so moving overseas is now a necessity.

4. Tony Trippe:

   Automakers aren't as good as technology companies in tooting their own horns, but when you look at the patent data, the automakers are all over this.

5. Lee McGuire:

   (We) are confident the USPTO will reach the same conclusion it did initially when it awarded the patent and will continue to recognize the Broad and MIT roles in developing this transformative technology.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=patent
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=patent
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/patent
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=patent
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=patent
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=patent