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21patent — pa|tent1 [ˈpeıtnt, ˈpæ US ˈpæ ] n [U and C] a special document that gives you the right to make or sell a new ↑invention or product that no one else is allowed to copy patent on/for ▪ He applied for a patent for a new method of removing paint. ▪… …
22Patent (disambiguation) — A patent is an intellectual property right covering an invention. Patent can also refer to the following:Types of patents*Utility patent for inventions that do something useful such as apparatus, methods, processes, and new chemicals, plants,… …
23patent — n., adj., & v. n. 1 a government authority to an individual or organization conferring a right or title, esp. the sole right to make or use or sell some invention. 2 a document granting this authority. 3 an invention or process protected by it.… …
24patent — [ pat(ə)nt, peɪt ] noun a government licence to an individual or body conferring a right or title for a set period, especially the sole right to make, use, or sell an invention. adjective peɪt(ə)nt 1》 easily recognizable; obvious. 2》 made and… …
25patent — [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… …
26patent right — A right under a patent obtained for an invention, held by the patentee or an assignee. In its usual signification, the term means, a privilege granted by the government to the first inventor of a new and useful discovery or mode of manufacture… …
27patent of invention — noun a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention • Syn: ↑patent • Derivationally related forms: ↑patent (for: ↑patent) • Hypernyms: ↑document, ↑writt …
28patent deed — The official document sent to an inventor by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office when that office has issued a patent for the inventor s creation …
29Patent prosecution — describes the interaction between an applicant, or their representative, and a patent office with regard to a patent, or an application for a patent. Broadly, patent prosecution can be split into pre grant prosecution, which involves negotiation… …
30Patent ductus arteriosus — Classification and external resources Heart cross section with PDA ICD 10 Q …
