patent on an invention
71patent — 1. noun /ˈpeɪtənt,ˈpætənt,ˈpætənt,ˈpeɪtənt/ a) A declaration issued by a government agency declaring someone the inventor of a new invention and having the privilege of stopping others from making, using or selling the claimed invention; a letter …
72patent — 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. ▪… …
73patent — pat•ent [[t]ˈpæt nt[/t]] for 10,12 15 [[t]ˈpeɪt [/t]] esp. brit. [[t]ˈpeɪt [/t]] n. adj. v. ent•ed, ent•ing. n. 1) law the exclusive right granted to an inventor to manufacture or sell an invention for a specified number of years 2) law an… …
74patent — A legal monopoly; that is, an exclusive right to the benefits of an invention or improvement granted by the U.S. Patent Office, for a specific period, on the basis that it is novel (i.e., not previously known or described in a publication),… …
75invention — noun 1 new thing ADJECTIVE ▪ latest, new ▪ modern, newfangled ▪ brilliant, ingenious, wonderful ▪ …
76patent — pat·ent || pætnt / peɪtnt n. exclusive right to an invention or design; invention or design that is protected by a patent v. receive a patent, receive exclusive rights to an invention or design adj. protected by a patent; clear; obvious,… …
77patent — 1 noun 1 (C) a special document that says that you have the right to make or sell a new invention or product and that no one else is allowed to do so: When does the patent expire? | take out a patent on sth (=get one officially) 2 (U) the right… …
78patent claim — A statement included in a patent application that describes the invention in exact terms, using an established formal style and precise terminology. Patent claims allow the Patent and Trademark Office to determine whether an invention should… …
79invention — In patent law, the act or operation of finding out something new; the process of contriving and producing something not previously known or existing, by the exercise of independent investigation and experiment. Also the article or contrivance or… …
80invention — In patent law, the act or operation of finding out something new; the process of contriving and producing something not previously known or existing, by the exercise of independent investigation and experiment. Also the article or contrivance or… …
