English dictionary

patent

/'p/&/t/-/nt/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

Open; expanded; evident; apparent; unconcealed; manifest; public; conspicuous.

adjective

Source: webster1913

a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention

noun.communication

Synonyms patent of invention

Source: WordNet 3.0
an official document granting a right or privilege

noun.communication

Synonyms letters patent

Source: WordNet 3.0
A letter patent, or letters patent; an official document, issued by a sovereign power, conferring a right or privilege on some person or party.

noun

Source: webster1913

obtain a patent for

verb.possession

Examples
Should I patent this invention?

Source: WordNet 3.0
grant rights to; grant a patent for

verb.social

Source: WordNet 3.0
make open to sight or notice

verb.change

Examples
His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him.

Source: WordNet 3.0
To grant by patent; to make the subject of a patent; to secure or protect by patent; as, to <i>patent</i> an invention; to <i>patent</i> public lands.

verb

Source: webster1913