patent
the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
an invention or process protected by an exclusive right to manufacture, use, or sell it.
an official document conferring on the inventor the exclusive right to manufacture, use, or sell an invention; letters patent.
Law. the instrument by which the government of the United States conveys the legal fee-simple title to public land.
protected by an exclusive right given to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention; patented: a patent cooling device.
relating to, concerned with, or dealing with the granting of exclusive rights to sell or manufacture something, especially inventions: a patent attorney;patent law.
(of a right, privilege, etc.) conferred by a patent.
holding an exclusive right to manufacture, use, or sell an invention.
readily open to notice or observation; evident; obvious: She turned her nose up at me in a patent breach of good manners.
made of patent leather: patent shoes.
(of a medication) sold without a prescription and usually protected by an exclusive legal right to manufacture: patent remedies;patent drugs.
lying open; not enclosed or shut in: a patent field.
(of a doorway, passage, or the like) open.
Chiefly Botany. expanded or spreading.
Medicine/Medical. (of a duct or passage in the body) open or unobstructed.
Phonetics. open, in various degrees, to the passage of the breath stream.
to take out a patent on; obtain the exclusive rights to (an invention, process, etc.) by a patent.
to originate and establish as one's own.
Metallurgy. to heat and quench (wire) so as to prepare for cold-drawing.
Law. to grant (public land) by a patent.
Origin of patent
1synonym study For patent
Other words for patent
Opposites for patent
Other words from patent
- pat·ent·a·ble, adjective
- pat·ent·a·bil·i·ty [pat-nt-uh-bil-i-tee], /ˌpæt nt əˈbɪl ɪ ti/, noun
- pat·ent·a·bly, adverb
- pa·tent·ly, adverb
- non·pat·ent·a·bil·i·ty, noun
- non·pat·ent·a·ble, adjective
- non·pat·ent·ed, adjective
- non·pat·ent·ly, adverb
- pre·pat·ent, noun, verb (used with object)
- un·pat·ent, adjective
- un·pat·ent·a·bil·i·ty, noun
- un·pat·ent·a·ble, adjective
- un·pat·ent·ed, adjective
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How to use patent in a sentence
The team has one patent granted and one pending for their technologies, she adds.
Xesto is a foot scanning app that simplifies shoe gifting | Natasha Lomas | November 20, 2020 | TechCrunchLater he worked at a public company in the patent licensing space.
‘Valuations had shifted’: What a private equity acquisition means for legacy media | Kayleigh Barber | November 19, 2020 | DigidayWhen Solovine and Habicht left, it was just Einstein and Besso, walking home together from the patent office, discussing the nature of space and time and, as always, Mach.
When Einstein Tilted at Windmills - Issue 93: Forerunners | Amanda Gefter | November 18, 2020 | NautilusThe number of patent applications that concern AI, for instance, has roughly doubled from 30,000 to 60,000 in the past 15 years, and AI-related inventions now account for 15% of overall applications.
Though ABS had invested heavily in the development of this technology, it did not seek a patent, allowing competitors to gain access.
The secret weapon for distributing a potential covid-19 vaccine | Joanna Radin | November 12, 2020 | Washington Post
The polygraph, which uses a range of measurements including blood pressure, was patented by Leonarde Keeler in 1931.
Wonder Woman’s Creation Story Is Wilder Than You Could Ever Imagine | Tom Arnold-Forster | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA man named Herbert Gilbert patented one back in 1963 that heated a nicotine solution and produced steam.
By some estimates, 40 percent of human genes have been patented, and every single one of those patents was at stake in this case.
Their idea, developed in the late 1940s and patented 60 years ago this fall, turned out to be ahead of its time.
On a less crucial note, how does Jenni Ching get bloodstains out of her patented white leather jumpsuit?
Must Reads: Kennedy, Sontag and Paris, ‘A Partial History of Lost Causes,’ ‘City of Bohane,’ ‘Flatscreen’ | Lauren Elkin, Mythili Rao, Drew Toal, Nicholas Mancusi | April 6, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBut Mill might have said the same thing about the price of a music box, provided it was properly patented, anywhere at all.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockA machine for making percussion caps was patented by John Abraham in 1864.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter ShowellFancy silk buttons, with worked figured tops, were patented by Wm. Elliott, in 1837.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter ShowellMany years afterwards precisely similar bits for boring wood were patented as new things, and are still used.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis TrevithickMachines for cutting files and rasps were patented by Mr. Shilton, Dartmouth Street, in 1833.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
British Dictionary definitions for patent
/ (ˈpætənt, ˈpeɪtənt) /
a government grant to an inventor assuring him the sole right to make, use, and sell his invention for a limited period
a document conveying such a grant
an invention, privilege, etc, protected by a patent
an official document granting a right
any right granted by such a document
(in the US)
a grant by the government of title to public lands
the instrument by which such title is granted
the land so granted
a sign that one possesses a certain quality
open or available for inspection (esp in the phrases letters patent, patent writ)
(ˈpeɪtənt) obvious: their scorn was patent to everyone
concerning protection, appointment, etc, of or by a patent or patents
proprietary
(esp of a bodily passage or duct) being open or unobstructed
biology spreading out widely: patent branches
(of plate glass) ground and polished on both sides
to obtain a patent for
(in the US) to grant (public land or mineral rights) by a patent
metallurgy to heat (a metal) above a transformation temperature and cool it at a rate that allows cold working
Origin of patent
1usage For patent
Derived forms of patent
- patentable, adjective
- patentability, noun
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