Meaning & Definition of Patent in English

1. A document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention

2. An official document granting a right or privilege

1. Obtain a patent for

• "Should i patent this invention?"

2. Grant rights to

• Grant a patent for

3. Make open to sight or notice

• "His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him"

1. (of a bodily tube or passageway) open

• Affording free passage

• "Patent ductus arteriosus"

2. 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"