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patent
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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
  • (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage
    • patent ductus arteriosus
Noun
  • an official document granting a right or privilege
  • a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
Verb
  • make open to sight or notice
    • His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him
  • grant rights to; grant a patent for
  • obtain a patent for
    • Should I patent this invention?
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