Main entry: patent, patent of invention
Definition: a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
Main entry: patent, letters patent
Definition: an official document granting a right or privilege
Main entry: patent
Definition: make open to sight or notice
Usage: His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him
Main entry: patent
Definition: obtain a patent for
Usage: Should I patent this invention?
Main entry: patent
Definition: grant rights to; grant a patent for
Main entry: patent, unmistakable, apparent, plain, manifest, evident
Definition: clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
Usage: 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
Main entry: patent
Definition: (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage
Usage: patent ductus arteriosus