patent, patent of invention -- (a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention)
patent, letters patent -- (an official document granting a right or privilege)
Overview of verb patent
The verb patent has 3 senses
patent -- (obtain a patent for; "Should I patent this invention?")
patent -- (grant rights to; grant a patent for)
patent -- (make open to sight or notice; "His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him")
Overview of adj patent
The adj patent has 2 senses
patent -- ((of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage; "patent ductus arteriosus")
apparent, evident, manifest, patent, plain, unmistakable -- (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")
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