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1patent — [pat′ nt; ] for adj. 2 4 & 8 [ pāt′ nt, pat′ nt; ] Brit usually [ pāt′ nt] adj. [ME < MFr & L: MFr patent < L patens, prp. of patere, to be open: see PATELLA] 1. a) open to examination by the public: said of a document granting some right… …
2patent — I UK [ˈpeɪt(ə)nt] / UK [ˈpæt(ə)nt] / US noun [countable] Word forms patent : singular patent plural patents * a) an official document that gives someone who has invented something the legal right to make or sell that invention for a particular… …
3patent — pat|ent1 [ pætnt ] noun count * an official document that gives someone who has invented something the legal right to make or sell that invention for a particular period of time, and prevents anyone else from doing so: In 1878, Edison received a… …
4patent — [ˈpæt(ə)nt] , [ˈpeɪt(ə)nt] noun [C] I an official document that gives someone who has invented something the legal right to make or sell that thing for a particular period of time, and prevents anyone else from doing so II verb [T] patent… …
5patent agent — ➔ agent * * * patent agent UK US noun [C] LAW ► a person whose job is to help people or companies get patents for products …
6Patent drawing — Patent law (patents for inventions) …
7patent — the granting by a government of monopoly rights to the owner of an invention to manufacture and sell it for a certain number of years, conditional on the owner being willing to immediately reveal the ideas incorporated in the invention, so that… …
8patent troll — (PAT.unt trohl) n. A company that purchases a patent, often from a bankrupt firm, and then sues another company by claiming that one of its products infringes on the purchased patent.. adj. patent trolling pp. Example Citations: These patent… …
9patent — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun VERB + PATENT ▪ apply for, file ▪ In 1843 Bain filed a patent for his fax machine. ▪ get, obtain, take out ▪ pro …
10Patent Share — The percentage share of a universe of patents owned or created by one subset of that universe. This term usually applies to a comparative share between nations. Patent share has been subdivided not only across nations, but within industry groups… …