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
Because it’s a biological product, it can’t be patented or sold for a profit.
Why we don’t know if convalescent plasma works to treat Covid-19 | Katherine Ellen Foley | August 28, 2020 | QuartzIn the early days, it was very important to not publish so that we could get all of our patents, which is ultimately what value here is built on.
Will a Covid-19 Vaccine Change the Future of Medical Research? (Ep. 430) | Stephen J. Dubner | August 27, 2020 | FreakonomicsThat September, he filed patent application 143,805, “Art of Compiling Statistics.”
The patent does not guarantee that Cansino’s vaccine will ultimately prove successful.
China just issued its first COVID vaccine patent. What it means for the vaccine race | Grady McGregor | August 18, 2020 | FortuneThe patent application reflects a high level of technical sophistication.
Having received a patent on the technology in 1986, Hull founded 3D Systems to commercialize his discoveries.
Last week, the U.S. patent and Trademark Office said the Redskins name and logo should not have trademark protection.
The Native Americans Who Voted for ‘The Fighting Sioux’ | Evan Weiner | June 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSnyder is appealing the decision by the U.S. patent and Trademark Office, and the team seems confident that it will win again.
Amanda Blackhorse Is ‘Confident’ Snyder Will Lose His Redskins Appeal | Robert Silverman | June 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“Tesla will not initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use our technology,” he wrote.
Tesla’s Radical Patent Move is a Plot to Take Over the Road | Daniel Gross | June 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe description in its entirety begins to read more like the storyline in Her than a real-life patent.
Robert Fitzgerald received a patent in England for making salt water fresh.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellI only draw your attention to the facts; which have been sufficiently patent to the world, whatever Lord Hartledon may think.
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry WoodPapier maché buttons came in with Henry Clay's patent in 1778.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter ShowellEllis's patent boot studs to save the sole, and the Euknemida, or concave-convex fastening springs, are the latest novelties.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter ShowellBefore this patent was granted he had, however, given up the use of weights altogether and relied entirely upon springs.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing Miller
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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