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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)

  1. 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.
  2. A specific grant of ownership of a piece of property; a land patent.
  3. License; formal permission.
  4. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. (biology) Open, unobstructed, expanded.
  2. Explicit and obvious.
  3. (of flour) That is fine, and consists mostly of the inner part of the endosperm.
  4. Open; unconcealed; conspicuous.
  5. Open to public perusal; said of a document conferring some right or privilege.
  6. Protected by a legal patent.

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