| Patent (patent) |
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| a. | (p t"ent or p t"ent) |
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| Pat"ent |
| [L. patens, -entis, p. pr. of
patere to be open: cf. F. patent. Cf. Fathom.] |
Open; expanded; evident; apparent;
unconcealed; manifest; public; conspicuous.
Open to public perusal; -- said of a
document conferring some right or privilege; as, letters
patent. See Letters patent, under 3d
Letter.
Appropriated or protected by letters
patent; secured by official authority to the exclusive possession,
control, and disposal of some person or party; patented; as, a
patent right; patent medicines.
Spreading; forming a nearly
right angle with the steam or branch; as, a patent
leaf.
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A letter
patent, or letters patent; an official document, issued by a sovereign
power, conferring a right or privilege on some person or party.
The right or privilege conferred by such a
document; hence, figuratively, a right, privilege, or license of the
nature of a patent.
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| Patent (patent) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Pat"ent |
|
To grant by patent] to make the subject of a
patent; to secure or protect by patent; as, to patent an
invention; to patent public lands.
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