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Definition patent
Etymology 1
Short form of Anglo-Norman lettre patente (�open letter�), from Latin littera patens.
Noun
patent (plural patents)
- A declaration issued by a government agency declaring someone the inventor of a new invention and having the privilege of stopping others from making, using or selling the claimed invention; a letter patent.
- A specific grant of ownership of a piece of property; a land patent.
- License; formal permission.
- Patent leather: a varnished, high-gloss leather typically used for shoes and accessories.
Verb
patent (third-person singular simple present patents, present participle patenting, simple past and past participle patented)
- To successfully register an invention with a government agency; to secure a letter patent.
Etymology 2
From Middle French patent, from Old French [Term?], from Latin pat?ns (�open, lying open�), present participle of pate? (�I lie open�).
Adjective
patent (comparative more patent, superlative most patent)
- (biology) Open, unobstructed, expanded.
- Explicit and obvious.
- (of flour) That is fine, and consists mostly of the inner part of the endosperm.
- Open; unconcealed; conspicuous.
- Open to public perusal; said of a document conferring some right or privilege.
- Protected by a legal patent.
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