patent (Meaning)
patent (n)
a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
an official document granting a right or privilege
patent (v)
obtain a patent for
grant rights to; grant a patent for
make open to sight or notice
patent (s)
(of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage
clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
patent (a.)
Open; expanded; evident; apparent; unconcealed; manifest; public; conspicuous.
Open to public perusal; -- said of a document conferring some right or privilege; as, letters patent. See Letters patent, under 3d Letter.
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.
Spreading; forming a nearly right angle with the steam or branch; as, a patent leaf.
A letter patent, or letters patent; an official document, issued by a sovereign power, conferring a right or privilege on some person or party.
A writing securing to an invention.
A document making a grant and conveyance of public lands.
The right or privilege conferred by such a document; hence, figuratively, a right, privilege, or license of the nature of a patent.
patent (v. t.)
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.
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patent Sentence Examples
- The inventor secured a patent for his revolutionary new engine design.
- The company held exclusive rights to exploit the patented technology.
- The infringement of the patent resulted in a costly lawsuit.
- The patent examiner rejected the application due to a lack of novelty.
- The patent office categorized the invention under the biomedical industry.
- The inventor's patent portfolio included numerous groundbreaking ideas.
- The expiration of the patent opened the market to competitors.
- The patent holder licensed the technology to another company for mass production.
- The university filed a patent for a promising cancer treatment.
- The patent search revealed prior art that undermined the validity of the claims.
FAQs About the word patent
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The inventor secured a patent for his revolutionary new engine design.
The company held exclusive rights to exploit the patented technology.
The infringement of the patent resulted in a costly lawsuit.
The patent examiner rejected the application due to a lack of novelty.
