protected by a patent; patented: a patent cooling device.
7.
pertaining to, concerned with, or dealing with patents, esp. on inventions: a patent attorney; patent law.
8.
conferred by a patent, as a right or privilege.
9.
holding a patent, as a person.
10.
readily open to notice or observation; evident; obvious: a patent breach of good manners.
11.
made of patent leather: patent shoes.
12.
lying open; not enclosed or shut in: a patent field.
13.
Chiefly Botany. expanded or spreading.
14.
open, as a doorway or a passage.
15.
Phonetics. open, in various degrees, to the passage of the breath stream.
–verb (used with object)
16.
to take out a patent on; obtain the exclusive rights to (an invention, process, etc.) by a patent.
17.
to originate and establish as one's own.
18.
Metallurgy. to heat and quench (wire) so as to prepare for cold-drawing.
19.
to grant (public land) by a patent.
[Origin: 1250–1300; (adj.) ME < L patent- (s. of paténs) open, orig. prp. of patére to stand wide open; (n.) ME, short for letters patent, trans. of ML litterae patentés open letters]
—Related forms
pat·ent·a·ble, adjective
pat·ent·a·bil·i·ty, noun
pat·ent·a·bly, adverb
pa·tent·ly, adverb
—Synonyms 10. clear, palpable, conspicuous, unconcealed. See apparent.
A grant made by a government that confers upon the creator of an invention the sole right to make, use, and sell that invention for a set period of time.
Letters patent.
An invention protected by such a grant.
A grant made by a government that confers on an individual fee-simple title to public lands.
The official document of such a grant.
The land so granted.
A grant made by a government that confers on an individual fee-simple title to public lands.
The official document of such a grant.
The land so granted.
An exclusive right or title.
adj.
Protected or conferred by a patent or letters patent: a patent right.
Of, relating to, or dealing in patents: patent law.
Not blocked; open.
Spreading open; expanded.
also (pāt'nt) Obvious; plain. See Synonyms at apparent.
(pāt'nt) Biology
Not blocked; open.
Spreading open; expanded.
Of, relating to, or being a nonprescription drug or other medical preparation that is often protected by a trademark.
Of high quality. Used of flour.
also (pāt'nt) Archaic Open to general inspection. Used especially of documents.
tr.v.
pat·ent·ed, pat·ent·ing, pat·ents
To obtain a patent on or for (an invention, for example).
To invent, originate, or be the proprietor of (an idea, for example).
To grant a patent to or for.
[Middle English, document granting a right, short for (lettre) patent, open (letter), from Old French (lettre) patente, from Latin patēns, patent-, open, present participle of patēre, to be open; see petə- in Indo-European roots.]
1376, "open letter or document from some authority," shortened form of Anglo-Fr. lettre patent (also in M.L. (litteræ) patentes), lit. "open letter" (1292), from O.Fr. patente (adj.), from L. patentum (nom. patens) "open, lying open," prp. of patere "lie open, be open," from PIE *pet- "to spread" (cf. Gk. petannynai "to spread out," petalon "leaf," O.N. faðmr "embrace, bosom," O.E. fæðm "embrace, fathom").
"The Letters Patent were ... written upon open sheets of parchment, with the Great Seal pendent at the bottom ... [while] the 'Litteræ Clausæ,' or Letters Close, ... being of a more private nature, and addressed to one or two individuals only, were closed or folded up and sealed on the outside." [S.R. Scargill-Bird, "A Guide to the Principal Classes of Documents at the Public Record Office," 1891]
The adj. sense of "open to view, plain, clear" is first recorded 1508; the verb "to obtain right to land" is attested from 1675. The meaning "copyright an invention" is first recorded 1822, from earlier meaning "obtain exclusive right or monopoly" (1789), a privilege granted by the Crown via letters patent.
(of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage; "patent ductus arteriosus"
2.
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" [syn: apparent]
noun
1.
a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
2.
an official document granting a right or privilege
verb
1.
obtain a patent for; "Should I patent this invention?"
2.
grant rights to; grant a patent for
3.
make open to sight or notice; "His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him"
an official licence from the government giving one person or business the right to make and sell a particular article and to prevent others from doing the same Example: She took out a patent on her design; (also adjective) a patent process
Arabic:
بَراءَة الإخْتِراع
Chinese (Simplified):
专利
Chinese (Traditional):
專利
Czech:
patent(ový)
Danish:
patent; patentrettighed; patent-
Dutch:
patent
Estonian:
patent
Finnish:
patentti
French:
brevet (d'invention); breveté
German:
das Patent; Patent-…
Greek:
δίπλωμα ευρεσιτεχνίας, πατέντα
Hungarian:
szabadalom
Icelandic:
einkaleyfi
Indonesian:
paten
Italian:
brevetto
Japanese:
特許
Korean:
특허(권)
Latvian:
patents; patentēts
Lithuanian:
patentas; (už)patentuotas, akivaizdus
Norwegian:
patent
Polish:
patent
Portuguese (Brazil):
patente
Portuguese (Portugal):
patente
Romanian:
brevet; patent
Russian:
патент
Slovak:
patent; patentový
Slovenian:
patent
Spanish:
patente
Swedish:
patent
Turkish:
patent
patent[ˈpeitənt, (American) ˈpӕ-]verb
to obtain a patent for; He patented his new invention
Holland Patent, NY (village, FIPS 35144) Location: 43.24175 N, 75.25745 W Population (1990): 411 (188 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 13354
Fath"om\, n. [OE. fadme, fa[eth]me, AS. f[ae][eth]m fathom, the embracing arms; akin to OS. fa[eth]mos the outstretched arms, D. vadem, vaam, fathom, OHG. fadom, fadum, G. faden fathom, thread, Icel. fa[eth]mr fathom, Sw. famn, Dan. favn; cf. Gr. ?????????? to spread out, ??????? outspread, flat, L. patere to lie open, extend. Cf. Patent, Petal.]1. A measure of length, containing six feet; the space to which a man can extend his arms; -- used chiefly in measuring cables, cordage, and the depth of navigable water by soundings. 2. The measure or extant of one's capacity; depth, as of intellect; profundity; reach; penetration. [R.] Another of his fathom they have none To lead their business. --Shak.
Pat"ent\ (p[a^]t"ent or p[=a]t"ent), a. [L. patens, -entis, p. pr. of patere to be open: cf. F. patent. Cf. Fathom.]1. Note: (Oftener pronounced p[=a]t"ent in this sense) Open; expanded; evident; apparent; unconcealed; manifest; public; conspicuous. He had received instructions, both patent and secret. --Motley. 2. Open to public perusal; -- said of a document conferring some right or privilege; as, letters patent. See Letters patent, under 3d Letter. 3. Appropriated or protected by letters patent; secured by official authority to the exclusive possession, control, and disposal of some person or party; patented; as, a patent right; patent medicines. Madder . . . in King Charles the First's time, was made a patent commodity. --Mortimer. 4. (Bot.) Spreading; forming a nearly right angle with the steam or branch; as, a patent leaf. Patent leather, a varnished or lacquered leather, used for boots and shoes, and in carriage and harness work. Patent office, a government bureau for the examination of inventions and the granting of patents. Patent right. (a) The exclusive right to an invention, and the control of its manufacture. (b) (Law) The right, granted by the sovereign, of exclusive control of some business of manufacture, or of the sale of certain articles, or of certain offices or prerogatives. Patent rolls, the registers, or records, of patents.
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