Synonyms: patent, patent of invention
Definition: a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
Similar words: papers, written document, document
Definition: writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
Synonyms: patent, letters patent
Definition: an official document granting a right or privilege
Similar words: instrument, legal document, legal instrument, official document
Definition: (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
Synonyms: patent
Definition: make open to sight or notice
Usage: His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Synonyms: patent
Definition: obtain a patent for
Usage: Should I patent this invention?
Similar words: secure, procure
Definition: get by special effort
Usage: He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed
Synonyms: patent
Definition: grant rights to; grant a patent for
Similar words: register
Definition: record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: obvious
Definition: easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind
Usage: obvious errors
Synonyms: patent
Definition: (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage
Usage: patent ductus arteriosus
Similar words: unobstructed
Definition: free from impediment or obstruction or hindrance
Usage: an unobstructed view