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Patent

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Meaning

Noun

●
In Law & Patent law:
An
an
,
, or right, or some
or
;
patent.
●
In Law:
A
of a
over the
,
, and use of goods.
●
In Law:
A
by a government
that the
of a new
has the
of making,
, or using the
for a
period.
●
In American English & Law:
A specific
of
of
; a
patent.
●
A product
which a
(sense 1.2.2) has been obtained.
●
Short for
(“a
, high-gloss
used for
and shoes”).
●
A
or (formal)
to do something.
●
A
or quality
;
(hyperbolic)
; a monopoly.
●
In Gambling:
The
of
on three
,
a
even
one
in.

Verb

●
In Law:
To (successfully)
(a new
) with a government
to
the
of its
,
, and use for a
period.
●
In American English & Law:
To
(over a
of
) a specific
of ownership.
●
To be
associated or
with (something); to monopolize.

Adj

●
In Baking:
  • Conspicuous;
    ; unconcealed.
  • Of
    :
    , and
    mostly of the
    part of the
    of the
    from which it is milled.
    • ●
    In Medicine:
  • Conspicuous;
    ; unconcealed.
  • Open,
    ;
    , especially of the
    or
    in the
    , having not
    as would have
    in
    development.
    • ●
    In Medicine & Veterinary medicine:
  • Conspicuous;
    ; unconcealed.
  • Of an
    : in the
    when the
    it can be
    by
    tests.
    • ●
    Explicit and obvious.
    ●
    Especially of a
    some
    or right:
    to public
    or use.
    ●
    Appointed or
    by
    patent.
    ●
    In Botany:
    Of a
    ,
    , etc.:
    ; also,
    the axis.
    ●
    In Law:
    Protected by a
    patent.
    ●
    To which someone has, or seems to have, a
    or an exclusive
    ; also,
    or
    for.
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    Origin

    patent
    English
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    patens
    Latin
    Sourced from
    Etym

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