| patent | | |
| patent, patent of invention | (n.) | a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention. |
| letters patent, patent | (n.) | an official document granting a right or privilege. |
| patent | (v.) | obtain a patent for.; "Should I patent this invention?" |
| patent | (v.) | grant rights to; grant a patent for. |
| patent | (v.) | make open to sight or notice.; "His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him" |
| patent | (adj.) | (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage.; "patent ductus arteriosus" |
| apparent, evident, manifest, patent, plain, unmistakable | (adj.) | 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" |
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