eng: patent

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