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patent
[pat-nt, peyt-, peyt-nt]
noun
the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
an invention or process protected by an exclusive right to manufacture, use, or sell it.
an official document conferring on the inventor the exclusive right to manufacture, use, or sell an invention; letters patent.
Law.the instrument by which the government of the United States conveys the legal fee-simple title to public land.
adjective
protected by an exclusive right given to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention; patented.
a patent cooling device.
relating to, concerned with, or dealing with the granting of exclusive rights to sell or manufacture something, especially inventions.
a patent attorney;
patent law.
(of a right, privilege, etc.) conferred by a patent.
holding an exclusive right to manufacture, use, or sell an invention.
readily open to notice or observation; evident; obvious.
She turned her nose up at me in a patent breach of good manners.
Synonyms: , , ,Antonyms: , ,made of patent leather.
patent shoes.
(of a medication) sold without a prescription and usually protected by an exclusive legal right to manufacture.
patent remedies;
patent drugs.
lying open; not enclosed or shut in.
a patent field.
(of a doorway, passage, or the like) open.
Chiefly Botany.expanded or spreading.
Medicine/Medical.(of a duct or passage in the body) open or unobstructed.
Phonetics.open, in various degrees, to the passage of the breath stream.
verb (used with object)
to take out a patent on; obtain the exclusive rights to (an invention, process, etc.) by a patent.
to originate and establish as one's own.
Metallurgy.to heat and quench (wire) so as to prepare for cold-drawing.
Law.to grant (public land) by a patent.
patent
/ ˈpeɪtənt, ˈpætənt /
noun
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
an invention, privilege, etc, protected by a patent
an official document granting a right
any right granted by such a document
a grant by the government of title to public lands
the instrument by which such title is granted
the land so granted
a sign that one possesses a certain quality
adjective
open or available for inspection (esp in the phrases letters patent, patent writ )
obvious
their scorn was patent to everyone
concerning protection, appointment, etc, of or by a patent or patents
proprietary
(esp of a bodily passage or duct) being open or unobstructed
biology spreading out widely
patent branches
(of plate glass) ground and polished on both sides
verb
to obtain a patent for
(in the US) to grant (public land or mineral rights) by a patent
metallurgy to heat (a metal) above a transformation temperature and cool it at a rate that allows cold working
Usage
Other Word Forms
- patentable adjective
- patentability noun
- patentably adverb
- patently adverb
- nonpatentability noun
- nonpatentable adjective
- nonpatented adjective
- nonpatently adverb
- prepatent noun
- unpatent adjective
- unpatentability noun
- unpatentable adjective
- unpatented adjective
- ˈ貹ٱԳٲ adjective
- ˌ貹ٱԳٲˈٲ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of patent1
Word History and Origins
Origin of patent1
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Example Sentences
With immigrants filling jobs, it frees up others to invent, create new patents and figure out ways to make the economy more efficient, which generates wealth.
The patent for one of these gadgets — a large, electromagnetic, vibrational wand — is Carrie’s only inheritance.
Cuco took a beat before singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” in his patented soft and mellow voice.
According to the NIH’s own figures, patents derived from work it has funded produce 20% more economic value than other U.S. patents.
He also hopes to get in on the developing market for biodiversity credits, and to patent software, wetware and hardware technology the company develops.
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