English to English adjective
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Open; expanded; evident; apparent; unconcealed; manifest; public; conspicuous. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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(of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage | | Example: patent ductus arteriosus
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clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment | | Example: 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
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a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention | | source: wordnet30
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an official document granting a right or privilege | | source: wordnet30
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A letter patent, or letters patent; an official document, issued by a sovereign power, conferring a right or privilege on some person or party. | | source: webster1913 verb
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obtain a patent for | | Example: Should I patent this invention?
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grant rights to; grant a patent for | | source: wordnet30
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make open to sight or notice | | Example: His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him
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To grant by patent; to make the subject of a patent; to secure or protect by patent; as, to patent an invention; to patent public lands. | | source: webster1913
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