Word: Patent
How to pronounce: ˈpeɪtənt
Noun
Definitions:
1. A government authority or license conferring a right or title for a set period, especially the sole right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention.
2. Patent leather.
Example sentences: "Designs in a wide range of textures featuring super-chic patent, soft suede, or sophisticated nappa"
Adjective
Definitions:
1. Easily recognizable; obvious.
Example sentences: "She was smiling with patent insincerity"
2. (of a vessel, duct, or aperture) open and unobstructed; failing to close.
Example sentences: "The patient is usually left with a patent vessel"
3. Made and marketed under a patent; proprietary.
Example sentences: "Patent milk powder"
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Obtain a patent for (an invention)
Example sentences: "An invention is not your own until it is patented"
Synonyms:
patents
proprietary
licensees
obvious
blatant
apparent
evident
invention
clear
manifest
glaring
pronounced
Derivations:
patenting
patency
patented
patently
patentee
patentability
paten
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Patent in Other Languages...
Spanish: Patente
German: Patent
French: Brevet
Italian: Brevetto
Turkish: Patent
