Definition of Patent

Noun

  • an official document granting a right or privilege
    - letters patent
  • a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
    - patent of invention

Verb

  • make open to sight or notice
    "His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him"
  • grant rights to
    grant a patent for
  • obtain a patent for
    "Should I patent this invention?"

Adjective

  • 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"
  • (of a bodily tube or passageway) open
    affording free passage
    "patent ductus arteriosus"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

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Unscramble patent

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