patency
— Noun
– English
～ the openness (lack of obstruction) of a bodily passage or duct
patent
— Noun
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～ 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
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～ medicine that is protected by a patent and available without a doctor's prescription
patent leather
— Noun
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～ leather with a hard glossy surface
patent infringement
— Noun
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～ violation of the rights secured by a patent
patent log
— Noun
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～ a cigar-shaped log with rotary fins that measure the ship's speed
patent ductus arteriosus
— Noun
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～ a ductus arteriosus that failed to close at birth; may require surgical correction
patent application
— Noun
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～ an application for sole rights to an invention
patent of invention
— Noun
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～ a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
patentee
— Noun
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～ the inventor to whom a patent is issued
pater
— Noun
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～ an informal use of the Latin word for father; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously
paterfamilias
— Noun
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～ the male head of family or tribe
paternalism
— Noun
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～ the attitude (of a person or a government) that subordinates should be controlled in a fatherly way for their own good
paternity
— Noun
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～ the kinship relation between an offspring and the father
paternity
— Noun
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～ the state of being a father; "tests were conducted to determine paternity"
paternity
— Noun
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～ the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing; "the authorship of the theory is disputed"
paternoster
— Noun
– English
～ a type of lift having a chain of open compartments that move continually in an endless loop so that (agile) passengers can step on or off at each floor