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121patent — Synonyms and related words: OK, admission, aegis, allowance, apparent, arm, arm guard, armor, authorize, backstop, blank check, blatant, bless, bound, brevet, buffer, bulwark, bumper, carte blanche, certificate, certificate of invention, certify …
122patent — n 1. copyright, right, certificate of invention, Law. letters patent; trademark, registered trademark, trade name; license, permit, grant, charter, franchise. 2. invention, creation, brainchild; work, production, contrivance; process, procedure,… …
123patent medicine — A packaged health remedy for public use, protected by letters patent and sold over the counter without a physician s prescription. Board of Pharmacy v. Sherman, 74 N.J.Super. 417, 181 A.2d 418, 419 …
124Patent Compensation Board — A board established by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to advise the Atomic Energy Commission in reference to the determination of royalty fees, compensation, or awards for the owner of a patent dealing with atomic energy. 42 USC § 2187(a) …
125Patent Office — A federal bureau located in Washington D. C., headed by the Commissioner of Patents, wherein the merits of an application for a patent are considered and where all records, drawings, models, specifications, and other papers and things pertaining… …
126patent right note — A note given for a patent right. 11 Am J2d B & N § 189 …
127patent base — noun or patent block : a base usually of metal and often in standard interchangeable units to which low mounted or unmounted letterpress plates are secured in position for printing …
128patent hammer — noun or patent ax : bushhammer * * * a hammer for dressing stone, having a head with two faces formed of a number of broad, thin chisels bolted side by side. [1895 1900] …