patent Synonyms

patent Meaning

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patent (n)

a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention

an official document granting a right or privilege

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patent (v)

obtain a patent for

grant rights to; grant a patent for

make open to sight or notice

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patent (s)

(of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage

clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

Webster

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.

Webster

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.

patent Sentence Examples

  1. The inventor secured a patent for his revolutionary new engine design.
  2. The company held exclusive rights to exploit the patented technology.
  3. The infringement of the patent resulted in a costly lawsuit.
  4. The patent examiner rejected the application due to a lack of novelty.
  5. The patent office categorized the invention under the biomedical industry.
  6. The inventor's patent portfolio included numerous groundbreaking ideas.
  7. The expiration of the patent opened the market to competitors.
  8. The patent holder licensed the technology to another company for mass production.
  9. The university filed a patent for a promising cancer treatment.
  10. The patent search revealed prior art that undermined the validity of the claims.

FAQs About the word patent

a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention, an official document granting a right or privilege, obtain a patent for, grant rights to; grant a p

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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.