Definition of patent

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Definition of patent

  • clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment (adjective)

    Examples

    1. patent advantages

    Synonyms

    1. apparent
    2. evident
    3. manifest
    4. palpable
    5. plain
    6. unmistakable
  • an official document granting a right or privilege (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. letters patent
  • a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. patent of invention
  • grant rights to; grant a patent for (verb)
  • make open to sight or notice (verb)

    Examples

    1. His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him
  • obtain a patent for (verb)

    Examples

    1. Should I patent this invention?
  • (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage (adjective)

    Examples

    1. patent ductus arteriosus

See definition of patent in Merriam Webster