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The exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years; An invention or process protected by this right.

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Used as a noun, listen here, it means: The exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years; An invention or process protected by this right. Used as an adjective, listen here, it means: Readily open to notice or observation; evident; obvious lying open; Not enclosed or shut in; (Chiefly Botany) Expanded or spreading; Open, as a doorway or a passage.

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Usage examples (42)
  • The human body is a magazine of inventions, the patent office, where are the models from which every hint is taken
  • patent ductus arteriosus
  • Should I patent this invention?
  • Adjective : a patent cooling device. ,a patent attorney; patent law. ,a patent breach of good manners. ,patent...
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  • ''patent" is a heteronym, which means you may find it with different pronunciations and different meanings.
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