patency
— Noun
– English
～ the openness (lack of obstruction) of a bodily passage or duct
patent
— Noun
– English
～ an official document granting a right or privilege
patent law
— Noun
– English
～ that branch of jurisprudence that studies the laws governing patents
Patent Office
— Noun
– English
～ the government bureau in the Department of Commerce that keeps a record of patents and trademarks and grants new ones
patent
— Noun
– English
～ a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
patent medicine
— Noun
– English
～ medicine that is protected by a patent and available without a doctor's prescription
patent leather
— Noun
– English
～ leather with a hard glossy surface
patent infringement
— Noun
– English
～ violation of the rights secured by a patent
patent log
— Noun
– English
～ a cigar-shaped log with rotary fins that measure the ship's speed
patent ductus arteriosus
— Noun
– English
～ a ductus arteriosus that failed to close at birth; may require surgical correction
patent application
— Noun
– English
～ an application for sole rights to an invention
patent of invention
— Noun
– English
～ a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
patent
— Verb
– English
～ make open to sight or notice; "His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him"
patent
— Verb
– English
～ obtain a patent for; "Should I patent this invention?"
patent
— Verb
– English
～ grant rights to; grant a patent for
patent
— Adjective
– English
～ (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage; "patent ductus arteriosus"
patent
— Adjective
– English
～ clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view"; "a palpable lie"
patented
— Adjective
– English
～ (of devices and processes) protected by patent; "they are patented inventions"
patentee
— Noun
– English
～ the inventor to whom a patent is issued
patently
— Adverb
– English
～ unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly'); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list"; "it is all patently nonsense"; "she has apparently been living here for some time"; "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not"; "You are plainly wrong"; "he is plain stubborn"