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Definitions for Patent

[1] the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
[2] an invention or process protected by this right.
[3] an official document conferring such a right; letters patent.
[4] the instrument by which the government of the United States conveys the legal fee-simple title to public land.
[5] patent leather.
[6] protected by a patent; patented: a patent cooling device.
[7] pertaining to, concerned with, or dealing with patents, especially on inventions: a patent attorney; patent law.
[8] conferred by a patent, as a right or privilege.
[9] holding a patent, as a person.
[10] readily open to notice or observation; evident; obvious: a patent breach of good manners.
[11] made of patent leather: patent shoes.
[12] lying open; not enclosed or shut in: a patent field.
[13] Chiefly Botany . expanded or spreading.
[14] open, as a doorway or a passage.
[15] Phonetics . open, in various degrees, to the passage of the breath stream.
[16] to take out a patent on; obtain the exclusive rights to (an invention, process, etc.) by a patent.
[17] to originate and establish as one's own.
[18] Metallurgy . to heat and quench (wire) so as to prepare for cold-drawing.
[19] to grant (public land) by a patent.
[20] a government grant to an inventor assuring him the sole right to make, use, and sell his invention for a limited period a document conveying such a grant
[21] an invention, privilege, etc, protected by a patent
[22] an official document granting a right any right granted by such a document
[23] (in the US) a grant by the government of title to public lands the instrument by which such title is granted the land so granted
[24] a sign that one possesses a certain quality
[25] open or available for inspection (esp in the phrases letters patent, patent writ )
[26] (ˈpeɪtə nt ) obvious their scorn was patent to everyone
[27] concerning protection, appointment, etc, of or by a patent or patents
[28] proprietary
[29] (esp of a bodily passage or duct) being open or unobstructed
[30] biology spreading out widely patent branches
[31] (of plate glass) ground and polished on both sides
[32] to obtain a patent for
[33] (in the US) to grant (public land or mineral rights) by a patent
[34] metallurgy to heat (a metal) above a transformation temperature and cool it at a rate that allows cold working

Words related to Patent

flagrant, privilege, concession, protection, charter, license, gross, controlled, limited, plain, clear, rank, manifest, exclusive, clear-cut, glaring, open, franchise, control, limitation

Words nearby Patent

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Origin of Patent

1250–1300; (adj.) Middle English < Latin patent- (stem of patēns ) open, orig. present participle of patēre to stand wide open; (noun) Middle English, short for letters patent, translation of Medieval Latin litterae patentēs open letters

Other words from Patent

pat·ent·a·ble , adjective
pat·ent·a·bil·i·ty , noun
pat·ent·a·bly , adverb
pa·tent·ly , adverb
non·pat·ent·a·bil·i·ty , noun
non·pat·ent·a·ble , adjective
non·pat·ent·ed , adjective
non·pat·ent·ly , adverb
pre·pat·ent , noun, verb (used with object)
un·pat·ent , adjective
un·pat·ent·a·bil·i·ty , noun
un·pat·ent·a·ble , adjective
un·pat·ent·ed , adjective

Word origin for Patent

C14: via Old French from Latin patēre to lie open; n use, short for letters patent, from Medieval Latin litterae patentes letters lying open (to public inspection)

Synonyms for Patent

flagrant, clear, clear-cut, controlled, exclusive, glaring, gross, limited, manifest, open, plain, rank, apparent, barefaced, blatant, crystal clear, distinct, downright, evident, indisputable, obvious, open and shut, palpable, prominent, straightforward, transparent, unequivocal, unmistakable