ALL meanings of patent
pat·ent
P p - adjective patent protected by a patent; patented 0
- adjective patent of or having to do with patents or the granting of patents 0
- adjective patent produced or sold as a proprietary product 0
- adjective patent new, unusual, individual, etc. 0
- adjective patent spreading out or open; patulous 0
- noun patent an official document open to public examination and granting a certain right or privilege; letters patent; esp., a document granting the exclusive right to produce, sell, or get profit from an invention, process, etc. for a specific number of years 0
- noun patent the right so granted 0
- noun patent the thing protected by such a right; patented article or process 0
- noun patent public land, or title to such land, granted to a person by letters patent 0
- noun patent any exclusive right, title, or license 0
- verb transitive patent to grant a patent to or for 0
- verb transitive patent to secure exclusive right to produce, use, and sell (an invention or process) by a patent; get a patent for 0