ALL meanings of patently
pat·ent
P p - adverb patently obviously, openly 1
- noun patently the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years. 1
- noun patently an invention or process protected by this right. 1
- noun patently an official document conferring such a right; letters patent. 1
- noun patently the instrument by which the government of the United States conveys the legal fee-simple title to public land. 1
- noun patently patent leather. 1
- adjective patently protected by a patent; patented: a patent cooling device. 1
- adjective patently pertaining to, concerned with, or dealing with patents, especially on inventions: a patent attorney; patent law. 1
- adjective patently conferred by a patent, as a right or privilege. 1
- adjective patently holding a patent, as a person. 1
- adjective patently readily open to notice or observation; evident; obvious: a patent breach of good manners. 1
- adjective patently made of patent leather: patent shoes. 1
- adjective patently lying open; not enclosed or shut in: a patent field. 1
- adjective patently Chiefly Botany. expanded or spreading. 1
- adjective patently open, as a doorway or a passage. 1
- adjective patently Phonetics. open, in various degrees, to the passage of the breath stream. 1
- verb with object patently to take out a patent on; obtain the exclusive rights to (an invention, process, etc.) by a patent. 1
- verb with object patently to originate and establish as one's own. 1
- verb with object patently Metallurgy. to heat and quench (wire) so as to prepare for cold-drawing. 1
- verb with object patently to grant (public land) by a patent. 1
- adverb patently obviously 0
- adverb patently in a patent manner; clearly; obviously; openly 0